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03/06/2022

Spotlight On The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Happy Friday

Today and this weekend in the UK 🇬🇧, we are celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Jubilee parties will be taking place across the UK this weekend.

Are you looking for a zero alcohol drink for this Jubilee weekend?🥂

Try this colourful delicious sparkling cherry 🍒 drink. This recipe serves 2

4 tbsp Cherry Active
500mls sparkling water
Add the sparkling water to the Cherry Active and serve with ice and enjoy!

The perfect colour for the festivities too😊

Swipe➡️ to see what it looks like

Have an amazing weekend❤️

04/05/2022

Spotlight On Resistant Starch For Gut Health

Happy Wellness Wednesday

Resistant starch is a gut power tool. They are carbohydrates that are not digested (they resist it) until they reach the colon, where they ferment and feed the good bacteria in your gut.

Resistant starches ferment in your colon, producing butyrate, which feeds the cells in your colon as well as the good bacteria.

Not every carb is a resistant starch. In fact, decreasing your carb intake to lower sugar is an essential part of giving your gut time to heal. The bad bacteria thrives in a sugar-rich environment, while the good bacteria needs a low-sugar environment to thrive.

Food sources rich in resistant starches that are gut friendly are:

✅️Green bananas
✅️ Green mangos
✅️ Green papaya
✅️ Green plantain
✅️ Sweet potatoes
✅️ Yam

Flours from green bananas and plantains are also great for cooking or baking.

Resistant starches are beneficial for your good gut bacteria. Work them into your diet. Start small and go slow to avoid bloating and gas

If you need any support with any gut health issues, book your complimentary strategy call (link in bio)

28/04/2022

Turmeric And Black Pepper Work Together

Happy Thursday

Do you know that you need black pepper to absorb turmeric?

Turmeric and black pepper are loaded with health benefits and have been shown to have a powerful impact on health when used together.

Turmeric contains a compound called curcumin, which is responsible for most of it's health benefits. Also, black pepper contains piperine which has been shown to have amazing medicinal properties.

Curcumin is poorly absorbed by the body on it's own. Combining it with piperine, however can significantly increase it's absorption and allow the body to use it efficiently.

When combined together, turmeric and black pepper come with amazing health benefits ranging from decreased inflammation, better digestion and many more

Fixing your diet helps everything. If you need any help to fix your diet, book your complimentary strategy call (link in bio)

26/04/2022

Poor Sleep Will Hijack Your Health

Happy Tuesday

So many things can interfere with getting a good night sleep (7-9 hours) which is required for optimal health.

Significant life changes, back to school, work deadlines, relationship issues, and any uncertainty can take its toll on your sleep and overall health.

Sadly, it's easy to get used to sleep deprivation. So easy that you might not even recognise the signs like late-night snacking and the afternoon slump.

Just one bad night of sleep can raise cortisol levels in your body the whole next day. A raised cortisol level will leave you feeling super stressed and irritable. You are more likely to eat emotionally and on top of it, cortisol encourages your body to store fat rather than use it as fuel. You are hungrier so you eat more, weigh more and have a harder time losing weight.

Research also shows that disrupted sleep is associated with elevated blood pressure and changes in the gut microbiome.

The good news is that it doesn't take long to see the benefits of getting a good night sleep like increased energy, joy, less craving and even more motivation.

Here are 3 things you can do if you are struggling to get a good night sleep.

✅️ Try to go to bed at the same time and wake up at the same time everyday, your body thrives on routine.
✅️ Spend time outdoors during the day to soak up the sun.
✅️ Try to take some gentle exercise every day, there is evidence that regular exercise improves sleep.
If you need any help with this, book your complimentary strategy call (link in bio). Share this with someone who needs to hear it

22/04/2022

CLIENT SUCCESS STORY - TRACEY

It was a real joy and a blessing working with my lovely client Tracey who recently completed one of my programs; taking her from A to Z helping her to achieve her goals.

It is so rewarding working with the most amazing and passionate people.

Swipe ➡️ to read her story

21/04/2022

Use Your Senses For Good Digestion

Happy Thursday

Are you always eating on the go?

The first step in the digestive process known as the cephalic phase is often overlooked, it is triggered when you see or smell food. You are literally wetting your appetite

When you start thinking about the lovely meal you are going to prepare and the lovely smell of the food, you are getting your digestive juices flowing.

The enzymes in your saliva help you break down your food more easily, so when the time comes, your body is actually ready to start digesting food before you even cut the first slice of food.

Don't get so busy that you don't make time to think about your food this way.

If you find you are always eating on the go, throwing a sandwich down your neck at your desk or having a TV dinner, this is a vital step you are missing out.

Be mindful and try and spend a few minutes thinking about your tasty meal before you eat it to get your digestive juices flowing.

If you need any support to improve your gut health, you can send me a DM to book your complimentary strategy call OR book one directly (link in bio)

13/04/2022

Your Relationship With Food

Happy Wellness Wednesday

Are you eating to live or living to eat?

Eating should not be your favourite activity but you should be eating for health and energy.

I have seen how food can negatively affect the lives of people.

Your food should be your friend that supports your health journey, whatever that may be.

Your food should support your happiness and well-being and not steal from it

Your food should make your life more enjoyable and less stressful and not the other way round.

Your food should be natural and nurturing like sleep

Your food should help you become the best you can, it should not steal your health, focus and energy

So choose to eat to live not live to eat

Fixing your diet helps everything. If you need any support in fixing your diet, book your complimentary strategy call (link in bio)

08/04/2022

An Imbalance In Your Gut Upsets Your Immune System

Happy Friday

It is important for there to be a healthy balance in your gut where you have more of the good bacteria.

An imbalance called dysbiosis where you have more of the harmful bacteria interferes with your healthy immune system activity.

The harmful bacteria produce countless toxins which attack the protective lining of your gut - the gut barrier.

Your gut barrier's job is to allow nutrients out into the bloodstream while keeping the pathogens and toxins carefully locked inside the gut.

When the harmful bacteria and toxins attack, they damage the gut barrier and escape into the bloodstream. From there they can get to any part of your body and even do more harm.

Your immune system senses these threats and starts to respond. It uses inflammation as one of its main weapon. As these threats continue your immune system continues to respond. This leads to system-wide and long-term inflammation which is the root cause of many autoimmune and chronic diseases.

At the same time the harmful bacteria in the gut will prevent the good bacteria from flourishing

It is important for you to keep your gut healthy with your diet and lifestyle choices.

If you need any support with your gut health, you can send me a DM and let's book your complimentary strategy call or you can book one directly (link in bio)

06/04/2022

CLIENT SUCCESS STORY - JANET

This is what my beautiful client Janet had to say after completing one of my programs.

It was a real joy and a blessing to take her from A to Z and help her to achieve her goals.

05/04/2022

Your Weight Is Largely Controlled By Your Hormones

Happy Tuesday

Are you still looking for the quick fix or magic pill for weight loss?

Jumping from one quick fix to another in the hope of finally losing weight for good leads to long-term damage.

Most of these quick fixes and diets do not address your hormones.

It is not just about eating less or exercising more; If your hormones are out of balance even if you eat only 500 calories and are on the treadmill all day, you will struggle with losing weight. You will also be low in energy, you will not be able to sleep well and you will be irritable.

It is always important to look deeper beyond food, calories and exercise.

Hormones work together to increase or reduce your appetite and fat storage.

Weight gain isn't just associated with the food you eat or how much you exercise, it can also be affected by your hormones.

You have to be healthy to lose weight.

The 5 key hormones are:

✅️ Thyroid hormone
✅️ Cortisol
✅️ Insulin
✅️ Testosterone
✅️ Estrogen

Read my blog (link to blog is in bio) to find out more.

Send me a DM if you need any help with this

31/03/2022

The Food You Eat Is Information

Happy Thursday

The food you eat is not just calories, it is information, it talks to your DNA and tells it what to do.

The food you eat contains information that speaks to your genes, it sends messages to your body for health or illness.

What you eat has the capacity to determine if you will develop disease or gain weight.

Food is medicine, it is the most powerful medicine to heal your body if eaten well.

Choose your food wisely. Fixing your diet helps everything.

If you need any support in fixing your diet, send me a DM and let's book your complimentary strategy call or book one directly (link in bio)

23/03/2022

Focus On Your Health Not Your Weight

Is the focus on your weight or your health?

When I work with clients who want to lose weight, the focus is always on their overall health not just their weight. When you focus on health, you naturally lose weight.

Being healthy isn't a particular shape, size or weight, we are all biochemically different which makes us all unique.

It is important to look at the bigger picture and focus on your overall health and not just the scales. Being healthy means MORE than losing weight, it involves geniune lifestyle changes, it could be anything from drinking more water, exercising more regularly, making healthier food choice, reducing your alcohol intake, keeping your gut healthy and many more.

You can't lose weight without being healthy and you can be healthy without losing weight.

If you need any support to lose weight that is long-term and sustainable, send me a DM and let's book your complimentary strategy call or you can book one directly (link in bio)

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