MTHFR - What is it and what does it do?
MTHFR - Methyltetrahydrofolate reductase for short... Just kidding, we will stick with MTHFR for this blog, or it will run into a 300-page novel! But what is MTHFR? MTHFR – What is it? It is simply...
Estrobolome and Weight, How your Bugs Contribute
Estrobolome- At birth, we are initially colonized with a whole host of bugs from our mum. We get a big mouth full and we are born covered in them as well as exposed to them in our brand-new environ...
Apple Cider Vinegar - Is It Beneficial For Our Health
Apple cider vinegar – healthy or, just merely a yucky sour, acidic drink drunk by health nuts and weirdos? Most people know vinegar is something to be sprinkled on your fish and chips. It has been ...
Is it 'Selfish' to 'Self Care'?
Self-care - The year is 2021, you survived the absolute chaos of 2020 and there is still some uncertainty in the air. You have been cooped up in the same space for months, dreaming of a holiday, ge...
Histamines Hidden in Plain Sight
Histamines - Runny nose, itchy eyes, red flushing on the skin, itchy ears, headaches, and sensitive skin... sound familiar? Many times, we can be consuming foods that don’t necessarily emit a direc...
Melatonin – Has it become a sleep crutch?
Melatonin is the sleep hormone or at least what we usually associate with the idea of sleep and our sleep and wake cycle, however, it does have quite the array of functions that we will discuss in ...
5 Ways to get your Collagen in Each Day!
Collagen has become and an international topic of interest, it has boomed in popularity over the last few years and its hard to remember the days it wasn’t there in our regime or discussion around ...
How are your Post-Christmas Poops?
It’s the first week of January 2021, you have successfully eaten two cob loaves, Christmas pudding with brandy custard, you took up every opportunity where seconds were offered and you garnished mi...
Organic Acids' In The Body, And Why We Test For Them
Organic acids - As the name would suggest, organic acids are organic compounds (i.e. a compound that contains carbon) that are weakly acidic. An acid is a chemical that donates a proton (H+ ion) an...
12 Tips for Tackling Christmas in 2020!
2020 - *wipes brow* what a year! We know for ourselves it's been one heck of a year, an absolute rollercoaster but we are so excited for what 2021 has to bring! In the meantime, we thought we woul...
Sleep Inertia – Why so groggy!?
Sleep inertia - Waking up feeling more tired than when you went to bed? Why is that? Isn’t sleep supposed to leave you feeling rested and recovered, waking up fresh ready to take on the day? In the...
Calisthenics – What Is It and Where Did It Originate?
Calisthenics is an interesting one, in many ways it’s as old as time and on the other hand, it’s a new trending term that’s taking the exercise world by storm. Which, I’m sure makes the original pa...
Memory Consolidation While We Sleep
Memory and sleep- sleep can contribute to memory, recovery, and so much more – the mystical world of sleep and where we go when we do rest is so fascinating to scientists. There is an abundance of ...
