Natural NourishmentFitness & Healthy Lifestyle

COLLAGEN CONSIDERATIONS: WHAT IS IT & WHY WE MIGHT SUPPLEMENT WITH EXTRA

Supplemental collagen has been growing in popularity over the last couple of years with recipes adding it hither, thither & with great abandon. So of course I often get questions as to whether we really need the extra influx or not.

To start with the science bit.

Collagen is a structural protein made of amino acids (the beads that make the protein necklace) that comprise our connective tissues, anything from the corneas in your eyes to your nails, your intestinal wall, cell membranes, skin, muscles, bones & more. Gelatine is actually the same amino acids bonded together in a slightly different way which is why the 2 behave in different ways when we use them in food & drinks.

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THE VITAMIN D DOWNLOAD

Ah Vitamin D.

AKA the sunshine vitamin.

If I had to pick a favourite micronutrient maybe, just maybe, this would be my choice. And not just because the best way to top up your levels is to leap about on a summer’s day in a bikini…..

Although that doesn’t hurt of course.

No Vitamin D is truly integral for many elements of our health & wellbeing but working out how much we need, how we get this if we don’t live at the Equator, & which supplements are superior to others can get a little on the confusing side. But never fear I’ve broken all of this down for you in the following simple sections.

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Wholesale Whole Foods: Why I’ve Now Gone To Buy Whole Foods Online For All My Kitchen Staples

I have often come up against the barrier of ‘but everything healthy is SO expensive’.

And yes if you do choose to purchase Madagascan vanilla powder from a tiny independent health food store on a high street in a relatively affluent neighbourhood to make your grain free vegan muffins then you would be entirely correct.

As you can probably tell I don’t do this. Anymore.

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The Many Facets of Self Care

We have all been told we must love our neighbours as we love ourselves but I will hazard a guess that many of us afford others more attention & kindness than we gift to our own beings.

Now this is not a bad thing per se, being a wonderful human being, caring for our loved ones &/or those we may not necessarily even know that well in itself is a form of self love, as in turn we tend to see at least some of that being reciprocated. Paying it forward so to speak.

My thoughts today however turn to the numerous different ways we can look after ourselves, a few of which I summarise below.

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Is Your Eating Really Intuitive? My Thoughts On Positive Food Relationships, Cravings & Functional Issues

“I only eat what my body tells me it needs”

Sounds pretty simple doesn’t it?

And yes in principle I fully support the idea of eating intuitively, following your own unique hunger signals, being in tune with what you need as opposed to the generalised ‘normal’ way of feeding ourselves (whatever that actually is these days…..) should be.

But I do have one distinct stumbling block here – what if your body isn’t firing on all cylinders & so can’t give you the right messages? Well that’s when I pull the above face because I’ve had numerous discussions with individuals that indicate this is the case & so that’s where my attention is directed today.

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Omega 3: Clinical Applications & A Gift From Bare Biology

In the world of health & nutrition the words omega 3 are probably some of the most familiar, in the sense they aren’t new age & I’m not reinventing the wheel when I tell you that they are of benefit.

However as with most things there is huge amounts of variation when it comes to omega 3 products, foods & influences on requirements, plus potentially a number bits & pieces you weren’t quite as aware of as you once thought.

Additionally to the bounty of information I will now shower you with I also have the huge pleasure of sharing a truly one off offer with you – Bare Biology, the producers of exceptionally high quality, clinical strength fish oils (the ones I actually use in my clinic & myself)have agreed to provide a 20% discount code (something they have never, & potentially will never do again!) for you. Simply enter NATNOURISH on their website when purchasing to apply this.

But now to the why we want them at all…

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