by Amie | Aug 16, 2017 | Berries, Fruit, Healthy Ageing, Natural Beauty, Nuts & Seeds, Research, Skin Health, Wholistic Wellbeing
Essential fatty acids (EFAs) are known to be beneficial for, amongst other things, skin health. And when it comes to EFAs, omega-3 and omega-6 are usually top of mind. You may even know about omega-9. But most people have never heard of omega-7, let alone know...
by Amie | Jul 18, 2017 | Healthy Ageing, Immunity, Research, Vitamin D, Wholistic Wellbeing
Sometimes referred to as sunshine in a bottle, vitamin D (a hormone, in actual fact) is a powerful and essential nutrient when it comes to our wellbeing. Almost every single cell in our body contains a vitamin D receptor (VDR) which highlights just how important this...
by Amie | Apr 4, 2017 | Berries, Fruit, Healthy Eating, Natural Beauty, Research, Skin Health, Vegetables, Wholistic Wellbeing
So it turns out eating fruit and vegetables increases your attractiveness… and I don’t just mean you look great sitting there eating your salad. Beauty, or others perception of your beauty, is linked to your fruit and vegetable consumption! We all know that...
by Amie | Mar 27, 2017 | Gut Health, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Eating, Hormonal Health, Research, Weight Loss, Wholistic Wellbeing
You’d be hard pressed to find someone who didn’t know that if you want to be healthy, you should eat primarily healthy food. But what you might not know is, the timing of what you eat matters just as much as what you eat; and there is growing evidence that...
by Amie | Mar 21, 2017 | Gut Health, Healthy Eating, Nuts & Seeds, Research
Firstly let me say – if you are making your own nut milk and not adding carrageenan, then you don’t need to freak out. But if you’re like me and buy commercially made nut milk, it’s time to look at the label more closely. You see in order to keep the water and...
by Amie | Jul 9, 2015 | Research, Water, Wholistic Wellbeing
For those of us who are conscious of the endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) found in plastics – we know that bisphenol-A (BPA) is a xenooestrogen and can have a negative effect on our health. But if you’ve not yet heard about BPA, or have no idea about what...
