Nutrition and Dietetics
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Nutrition and Dietetics
Are your Firmicutes making you fat?
How your gut microbiome may be affecting your weight. The bacteria that live in our gut (more recently termed the “gut microbiome”) are becoming linked increasingly with a number of …
Gut microbiome and your mood. How your microbiome may be making you a misery guts.
It is now apparent that the bacteria living within our gut (the gut microbiome) are essential for our physical wellbeing. Numerous studies implicate the gut microbiome’s role in maintaining our …
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Mud, Mud Glorious Mud! How Increasing The Gut Microbiome Diversity Can Help Reduce Your Child’s Future Risk Of Allergies.
It is now becoming apparent how important our gut bacteria (or our microbiome) is in shaping our current and future health – no more so than that of our children. …
Listen to Your Gut. It May Tell You a Few Things…
What is a gut microbiome The bacteria that live within the human colon (or large intestine) are known as the gut microbiota – more recently termed the gut microbiome. It is …
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Nutrition and Pregnancy
A pregnant woman’s nutrition influences the growth and development of her foetus and forms the foundations for the child’s health. A healthy diet is important for both mother and baby …
Pain in the gut? It could be fat.
I scan men and women everyday for abdominal ultrasounds. Their doctors refer them because they either have abnormal liver function tests (shown in blood test results) or they are experiencing …
A Ketogenic Diet and Weight Loss. More Harm than Good?
What is a ketogenic diet A ketogenic diet (KD) is very low in carbohydrates, provides adequate protein, and supplies most of its calories in the form of fats. As fat …
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What’s the catch with omega-3 fats?
If you type omega-3 into your search engine you will get a vast amount of information, as well as numerous companies advertising their supplements. But are these supplements recommended? And …
Sweeteners, are they really that bad for us?
There is a lot of controversy over the use of sweeteners and many people have an opinion over what they think about them. Below is a small summary of some …