The lowdown on digestive enzymes

The lowdown on digestive enzymes

Understand how to naturally support your dgrstive health,with help from Leyla Moudden, Naturopath and Enzyme Educator for Enzymedica UK and Enzyme Science UK. Our body needs help to break down foods into their healthy and waste parts. To support this process, our bodies produce molecules called digestive enzymes, which break down the food we chew and swallow into micro molecules. These particles are then small enough to reach the bloodstream and nourish different parts of our body. Digestive enzymes act…

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The best in botanical beauty

The best in botanical beauty

The plant world has given us so much in the way of beneficial ingredients for our health and wellbeing. And here, Registered Nutritionist, Rose Holmes, Education & Training Manager at Rio Health, picks out the best for our skin and the dietary choices to support healthy skin.  A healthy beauty routine starts with a healthy diet and lifestyle, ensuring plenty of fresh vegetables and fruit, minimising sugar, alcohol and processed (and fried) foods. Optimal hydration is essential, especially in winter…

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The only resolution you need in 2022

The only resolution you need in 2022

Promotional feature As the new year approaches, don’t make the same new year’s resolutions you’ll never stick to. Wassen, experts in mineral-based food supplements suggest that there’s only one resolution you really need – to look after your own wellbeing first and foremost! Wellbeing expert, Vicky Malcolm says, “By putting your own health and wellbeing first, all those health-related resolutions, such as losing weight and exercising more, will be more likely to happen naturally.” Here are five ways to put…

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How to beat the festive bloat

How to beat the festive bloat

Many of us are all too familiar with the ‘festive bloat’! Overindulging in our favourite foods and beverages may please our taste buds, but it can leave us feeling bloated and uncomfortable. However, it doesn’t have to be this way, as Kate Delmar-Morgan, (BSc Hons, mBANT, rCNHC), Registered Nutritional Therapist from the Institute for Optimum Nutrition explains. Balance out richer foods Combine complex carbohydrates (such as wholegrains) with a good source of protein (fish, eggs, meat, tofu or legumes), some…

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Efamol® sponsors TLC For Winter Skin With Celebrity Skincare Expert Louise Thomas-Minns

Efamol® sponsors TLC For Winter Skin With Celebrity Skincare Expert Louise Thomas-Minns

Sponsored As the winter months approach, give your skin a little extra love and attention with the help of Efamol®. Celebrity skincare expert Louise Thomas-Minns shares her top tips and advice for looking after your skin this season.  Louise says, ‘As the seasons change so does your skin. Winter requires skin to be prepared for the elements and changing temperatures of indoors versus outdoors. Here are some of the common winter skin queries I am always asked and a few…

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Women can ‘go with the flow’ thanks to new wellbeing journal

Women can ‘go with the flow’ thanks to new wellbeing journal

Promotional feature A new wellbeing journal has launched, designed to empower women by heightening their awareness of their emotions, creativity and energy throughout their menstrual cycle, seasons and lunar phases. Women’s therapist, menstrual cycle & menopause educator Susanna Guest, (50) has helped hundreds of clients to live a life more in tune with their natural cycle through a combination of coaching, retreats and workshops. Now, she has collaborated with her friend and client, Liz Berwick (41) to create The Wild…

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Understanding the facts about fertility

Understanding the facts about fertility

Conception problems are not unusual in our modern world, and there are a variety of factors that can contribute. And so here, Jenny Carson, Nutritionist and Technical Services Manager at Viridian Nutrition, gives the lowdown on what you need to know. Although it may appear that conception comes easily, there are several factors that may make it a little harder. Firstly, diet plays a role, and it is not just the diet of the mother-to-be. In fact, the World Health…

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Banish the bloat

Banish the bloat

Bloating can be caused for a range of reasons and leads to some uncomfortable symptoms. Here, our experts offer some natural solutions. It’s a common problem that will affect most of us from time to time, whether through indulging too much or eating the wrong foods your body can’t tolerate. For whatever the reason (more on that later), bloating can be uncomfortable, and so finding some natural solutions that work for you is important. Elouise Bauskis, Naturopath and Nutritional Therapist…

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Fighting back against UTIs

Fighting back against UTIs

Hugely common and causing pain – for many on a recurrent basis – learning how to reduce your risk and address it naturally if you do succumb is important, as our experts advise. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) often do not discriminate, affecting millions of people and, for a number of unlucky people, on a recurrent basis. But the good news is, UTIs respond incredibly well to natural interventions, with a little care and attention paid to your diet and lifestyle…

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Chocolate oat bars

Chocolate oat bars

Low FODMAP fare Beat the bloat with these delicious healthy recipes from Nutritionist, Christine Bailey’s new eBook, Beat the Bloat Low FODMAP Recipes and 4 Week Meal Plan (available from amazon).   Chocolate oat bars Chocolate is generally low FODMAP – just check ingredients for additives like xylitol. Ideally, choose less ripe bananas as these have a lower FODMAP content. Makes 16 bars Ingredients: 4 bananas 275g gluten-free oats 30g cacao powder 50g vegan chocolate chips Method: Preheat the oven…

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