Gut Health

Soup: Healthy Nourishment to Restore Your Gut

Soup: Healthy Nourishment to Restore Your Gut

Soup certainly doesn’t sound like any special or life-changing superfood. It’s soup, you’ve eaten it all your life. Yet soup has massive potential that often gets hidden behind nasty preservatives and less than ideal flavouring agents.   The true beauty and nourishment of soup comes…

Want Great Gut Health? Try this recipe…

Want Great Gut Health? Try this recipe…

Ginger Garlic Sauté   I love making a big batch of this as a side or addition to my salads during the week. The combination of ginger and garlic simply can’t be beaten and adds a punch to any meal. Loaded with healthy hormone-balancing purple…

Review of The New Paleo Box by Fitty London

Review of The New Paleo Box by Fitty London

I was recently contacted by Fitty London to review their new Paleo Box.   It contains their edit of seven nutrient-dense, must-have products, for anyone living a primal lifestyle. It’s an exciting way to discover new brands you might not know about, to help you…

New Bio-Fermented Turmeric Supplement!

New Bio-Fermented Turmeric Supplement!

I was recently contacted by Turmeric Vitality to review their new Bio-Fermented Turmeric supplement.   I’ve written about the benefits of Turmeric and Curcumin before.   Sam Hewitt created Turmeric Vitality to help people add turmeric into their diets in an easy and reliable way.…

How an Anti-Inflammatory Paleo Diet Can Help with Mental Illness

How an Anti-Inflammatory Paleo Diet Can Help with Mental Illness

Mental illness is highly prevalent in the US. Millions of people are affected every year by some form of mental illness. About 1 in every 5 adults in America develops some type of mental problem every year. That is around 44 million individuals. That also…

Measuring the Strength of Probiotics – What Does CFU Mean?

Measuring the Strength of Probiotics – What Does CFU Mean?

Probiotics are micro-organisms, or live bacteria that are believed to have a positive impact on your health when consumed. The World Health Organization‘s 2001 definition of probiotics is “live micro-organisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host”.   Bacteria is often…

Do Probiotics Die at Room Temperature?

Do Probiotics Die at Room Temperature?

You might be wondering – do probiotics need to be refrigerated? Can they survive at room temperature or not? Karl Seddon from Elixa Probiotic has created a video answering this question. Click below to watch. To buy Elixa Probiotics Click Here. 

Paleo in the UK in April 2018

Paleo in the UK in April 2018

I’ve decided to change the name of my monthly blog post series as it has become less about ‘What I Ate in…’ and more of a monthly round up post. So welcome to the first post of the new series: Paleo in the UK in…

MCT Oil Vs Coconut Oil for Brain Health

MCT Oil Vs Coconut Oil for Brain Health

  Dr Mark Hyman calls MCT oil “the secret fat that makes you thin”. So what is MCT oil and how is it different from coconut oil?   Coconut oil is mainly made up of the following 4 fats:   C6 – Caproic Acid –…