Essential Nutri Balance

22/11/2023

Chuffed to see my Nucleotides article published in the Natural Dispensary Only Natural autumn magazine 😊

26/02/2023

CNM lecturing on this lovely sunny day. Catching a bit of sun before a full afternoon. It starts to feel like spring, isn't it?

31/01/2022

Stowe and the first signs of spring 🌱

What a fantastic day to visit these gorgeous grounds.
A good long walk with friends followed by a great lunch and lovely conversations.

Nourishing body and soul at its best. What more can you ask for!
Loving nature and loving to connect.

08/01/2022

Serotonin or our Happy Neurotransmitter 🎊

Serotonin impacts every part of our body, from mood to motor skills, sleep, eating and digestion.
It is one of our links between the gut and the brain. 🔗
And we mainly produce it in the gut, and not in the brain.

Tryptophan, an amino acid found in many foods is the main thing that makes it, but we also need other co-factors and a healthy digestion.
So the saying that "Happiness goes through your stomach" is literally true! 😅

04/01/2022

I am starting a series related to and wanted to speak to you about .

Anxiety is what we feel when we are worried, tensed or afraid – particularly about things that are about to happen, or which we think could happen in the future. Anxiety is a natural human response when we feel that we are under threat.

But when is anxiety becoming a ?
🔹 The feelings of anxiety are very strong or last for a long time
🔹 The fears or worries are out of proportion to the situation
🔹 We avoid situations that might cause us to feel anxious
🔹 Worries feel very distressing or are hard to control
🔹 We regularly experience symptoms of anxiety, which could include panic attacks
🔹 We find it hard to go about our everyday life or do things we enjoy.

💙

02/01/2022

I am sure that after the indulgence over the festive season, many of us may experience some . :)

So what can we do to reduce after eating and how can we balance our better?

Read all about it here, in an article I wrote for recently:

Do you have energy slumps especially after eating, sugar or carbohydrate cravings, and are perhaps overweight? If so, you might need support for your blood glucose (blood sugar) levels. When we

01/01/2022

Day 1/365

May you all have a fantastic and healthy 2022!
Hoping this year will be kinder with us!
🥂🎊

28/12/2021

I sometimes crave for a wonderful bowl of pasta. 🤩
But I want my pasta to always be full of nutrients and veggies.

So, what's gone in it?
🔸Veggies: broccoli tips, Brussels Sprouts, wild mushrooms, kale, red onion and Bell peppers.
🔸Pasta: red lentils pasta.
🔸Sauce: coconut milk and cherry tomatoes in their sauce
🔸Herbs and spices: medium curry powder, smoked paprika, coriander seeds, dried oregano, Harrisa, garlic, Nigella seeds.
And a little snow of parmigiano on top to serve. 😜

The result, a delicious bowl of nutritious pasta. 🤩🍜

13/07/2021

Nature's wonders for our immune health! 🍀💚💚☀️

As demonstrated in the reviewed clinical trials, patients of various health challenges with a wide range of severity may benefit from select nutrients and phytonutrients to improve their immune function and reduce inflammation.

25/06/2021

Please support farmers who look after the welfare of their animals and consequently of the health of their customers.

Pipers Farm

Industrial chicken is rotten to the core.

We covered the impact of industrial chicken farming lots back in March, but we're sharing again today some of the facts that really got our feathers ruffled here at the farm.

🐓 90% of UK poultry is reared in intensive conditions, and the number of higher-welfare chickens in the UK is at its lowest in a decade.

🐓 57% of chickens reared in industrial systems are reported to have severe walking difficulties.

🐓 Two-thirds of chicken meat in the UK is contaminated with a bacteria called campylobacter, which is responsible for over 280,000 cases of food poisoning each year and an estimated 100 deaths. This costs our NHS a whopping 900 million pounds a year to treat, a huge deficit in the already stretched budget.

🐓 24% of UK supermarket chicken samples tested positive for antibiotic-resistant E-coli.

None of this accounts for the cost to the environment; from eye-watering electricity usage to keep the 24 hour heated and brightly lit sheds running, to the poisonous effluent water run off these plants emit every single day.

There are just a handful of companies that control the many industrial farms around the world, including those in the UK. These chicken farms are so inhumane, there’s not really anything even a good farmer can do to improve conditions because it’s so tightly controlled by these corporations who are solely focussed on efficiency and profit - at all costs.

At Pipers Farm our chickens are grown slowly to reach natural maturity. Our Properly Free Range chickens are slow-grown in small groups, free to roam outside on healthy hillside pastures in natural light, and with the freedom to display their natural instincts such as scratching for food and dust bathing. These contented birds have properly developed bones and muscles and a strong natural immunity from scratching and pecking in the soil.

There are just a few days left to save 15% on better BBQ chicken at pipersfarm.com ✨

12/06/2021

The role of Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFA) in maintaining the lining integrity of our gut is ENORMOUS!!
Ensuring a varied diet, with plenty of veggie and fruit fibre and probiotic foods, will support the production of SCFAs, helping to maintain intestinal integrity and to reduce the chances of developing inflammatory gut conditions and other associated chronic conditions.

Here is a comprehensive research paper on the roles of SCFAs.

Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are carboxylic acids produced as a result of gut microbial anaerobic fermentation. They activate signaling cascades, acting as ligands of G-protein-coupled receptors, such as GPR41, GPR43, and GPR109A, that can modulate the inflammatory response and increase the intes...