Lifestyle
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Are your vitamin D levels the cause of your fatigue?
Now that winter has truly set in, driving to work and home again in the dark is our new normal. At this time of year, it’s easy to forget just how important those daylight hours are to our health. Many of you may know that vitamin D is important and that we get it mostly…
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Long covid post-viral immune dysfunction
The aftermath of COVID has been widespread and has impacted us all at many levels physically, emotionally, spiritually and mentally. Many of us have known someone who has died from COVID or are experiencing the long-term consequences of the virus.
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The Gut Sleep Connection
Sleep is fundamental to your health, yet it is often overlooked. More than 60% of the population in developed nations sleep less than the recommended eight hours a night.
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Boost your Day with A Mighty Vegetable
Broccoli sprouts contains a compound called sulforaphane. They contain up to 100 times more sulforaphane than normal broccoli.
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Let’s Talk Insulin Resistance
Lack of exercise, overeating, and poor food choices such as fast foods, sugary snacks or excess caffeine or alcohol, all contribute to insulin resistance. Stress can play a role too.
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Let’s Talk Gut Health
Chewing is a free and easy way to get the full benefit of the food you eat. Your body will thank you and you will feel better for it.
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Does Reiki Really Work?
Taking the time to receive a Reiki treatment allows us to relax and our bodies to heal.
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Let’s Talk Liver Detoxification
Find out how best you can support your liver. Lower your intake of toxins and flush stored toxins safely with a detox.
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Belief can Change Biology
You’ve been diagnosed with coeliac disease or you have been advised to do an elimination diet by a nutritionist or dietician. What do you do?
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Let’s Talk Gluten Free
You’ve been diagnosed with coeliac disease or you have been advised to do an elimination diet by a nutritionist or dietician. What do you do?
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Power Salad Recipe
We should be getting five to seven servings a day of vegetables. One serving is about the size of your palm. Even as a nutritionist, I have to work hard at ensuring that I have a good intake of these nutrient dense foods every day.
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Are you Sleeping Enough?
Research has shown that lack of sleep is a key lifestyle factor that will determine whether you will get Alzheimer’s or not. Going without sleep for a week would affect your blood sugars to such an extent that you would be classified as pre-diabetic.
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What are the Benefits of Reiki
To heal, the body needs be in a parasympathetic dominant state, which is our rest and digest mode. Reiki helps us switch to this mode, which facilitates the healing process.
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Is Intermittent Fasting Good for Us?
Fasting is an ancient tradition that has been around for eons and the amount of research into the benefits of fasting has increased vastly. The body has an amazing ability to heal itself, if we allow it too. Generally we eat too much and too often and we choose the wrong foods.
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Are You Suffering from IBS?
Are the days of a settled, flat tummy without pain a distant memory? We all experience digestive upsets occasionally, but if it’s not the norm, this may indicate that you have something called irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). It is believed that between 15 to 20% of New Zealanders suffer from this condition.
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Can Counselling/Coaching Change your LIfe?
Reaching out to a qualified counsellor/coach can be helpful during these challenging life events. A trained professional is not connected to your life in anyway and is able to listen without judgement or bias.
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Chai Seed Berry Blast
My go-to recipe for a quick nutritious dessert. Chia Seed Berry Blast – packed with good fats, vitamins, iron, iodine, magnesium, manganese, niacin, thiamine, antioxidants and fibre.
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Still Fatigued After Your Holiday?
We all feel tired from time to time, that’s a normal part of life. However, ongoing fatigue can be an insidious beast and over time it can become the norm for many people. If you are one of those people that find themselves drowsy during the day, having difficulty concentrating, experiencing brain fog or wanting…
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What is Intuitive Coaching/Counselling
Intuitive coaching /counselling can be seen as a journey in self-discovery and self-development.
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How to Survive Christmas and Thrive
Are we trying to live up to unrealistic expectations of creating a ‘perfect’ Christmas? Should we rather be keeping things simple and enjoying our time with our family and friends? Are we being sucked in by all those ‘fabulous’ marketing campaigns? Christmas is a tradition that is religious for some. For others it may be…
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Naturally Infused Water Recipe Ideas
This is a great way of staying hydrated and still enjoying a libation during the holiday period, particularly since many people don’t like the taste of plain water. Infused water is really easy to make and is a much better option than sugary fruit juices, sodas or artificial sweetened beverages.
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Are You in Need of Self-Care
Self-care should be at the top of our list, yet for many of us it’s at the bottom of the pile. Self-care is not being selfish. Rather it’s about attending to your needs so that you are able to support those that you love.
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Do you Have a Food Allergy, Food Intolerance or Food Sensitivity
When I was growing up, I don’t remember many of my friends or their family members being allergic, intolerant or sensitive to different types of food. Fast forward 40 years and you are likely to hear about people with allergies, intolerances and food sensitivities or you may have them yourselves.
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Sugar… Friend or Foe
As a nutritionist, I was taught that sugar’s nutritional value is zero, so the question needs to be raised. Why do we eat so much of it?
