Posts Tagged ‘immune system’
5 Ways To Radically Improve Your Gut Health
You might have heard about your powerful gut microbiome, and how having a healthy and thriving one can impact your health. It’s a bit of a buzzword in health media, and a lot of people think that improving gut health is all about taking probiotics. But, gut health is about more than a good quality…
Read MoreHow Your Microbiome Affects Your Health
Within your digestive system there’s an amazing ecosystem known as the gut microbiome. Your gut microbiome is a diverse collection of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other single-celled organisms that live in your gastrointestinal tract. If you’re stuck in discomfort with the words ‘bacteria’ and ‘fungi’, then know that there can be both good…
Read More10 Health Benefits of Leafy Greens
As a teenager Dr. Brooke Goldner was diagnosed with Lupus and told she would never have children, and probably be paralysed by the time she turned 40. By adjusting her lifestyle, she began to see a change. One of the adjustments she made was to include a lot more leafy greens in her diet. Eventually, her…
Read More5 Applications for an Immune System Deep Dive Test
Testing the immune system in depth is a completely different story to a simple blood count. You can have a perfectly normal blood count, that looks like this: While your in depth test could show reds and imbalances on the same day: This is because the immune system is much more wonderful and…
Read MoreKnow your Gut Health
Your gastro-intestinal tract, which starts with your mouth, continues over a distance of around 9 metres, of coiled highly functional tubes up to your anus. On the one end you eat and taste your food and on the other end let out clever quiet farts (and sometime embarrassing loud ones) and eliminate whatever food and…
Read MoreExercise and Resilience
As my alarm clock went off this at 5:30 morning, I immediately had to do some top notch positive self-talk to get over my bad-morning-moment and get motivated for my 6:00 swim training with a friend. Add to that, that today is Friday, and it has been a taxing week. By now I am ready…
Read More7 Supportive Supplements in Corona Prevention and Care
Here are some ideas of excellent supplements that could be helpful and protective, both as part of an infection-prevention-strategy and complimentary support if you do have a Corona-virus or any other respiratory virus infection The doses and supplements mentioned are for adults. Many of them can also be used for children, but not all and…
Read MoreMeal timing and intermittent fasting
We often talk about what we should and shouldn’t eat. But in addition to the effects of what we eat on our health, when we eat has a major influence too. A team of researchers from Germany set out to find out more about the impact of meal timing on ageing and metabolic health. As…
Read More7 habits that can boost your immune system when life gets busy
Here are 7 habits that can help your mind and mood and with that your immune system during busy times: 1. Get up earlier to catch-up on work, to-do lists or studies, rather than staying up late. 2. Choose a time where you will switch-off all screens before bed at night. Wind down without screens.…
Read More7 ways to increase glutathione levels naturally
Glutathione is one of the most powerful health enhancing tools you produce in your own body. With lifestyle habits you can either increase this production or deplete it. You need glutathione for your immune system to be the superpower it can be. On top of that, glutathione helps to balance inflammatory reactions, supports…
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