Nutrition With Elmira

11/02/2022

🧠 *DIGESTIVE DIARIES PART ONE!*

*Save this for later!*

👄 We are starting with the oral cavity this week! The start of digestion and such an important (and often overlooked) part of wellbeing!

🍽 Did you know we are meant to chew our foods a MINIMUM of 20 x per bite (you what?!)

⬇️ Comment below on what you thought of part one. Did you find it useful? ⬇️

Elmira x

Eric Godlow • Peace | MUHA Effect

04/02/2022

Ever heard that age-old saying ‘you are what you eat’?

🍕Well, I’m here to tell you it’s…. only partially true. Every cell in our body uses the foods we eat to regenerate (so you can potentially be part Dorito).

💊 Gastrointestinal health plays an important role in determining overall nutritional status (pretty obvious when you think this is where we break down, digest and absorb all our food), so it stands to reason that any imbalances that occur during this process have implications that extend far beyond gut symptoms (poor digestion / assimilation of food = malabsorption induced ill health)

🥕 If our digestive function is suboptimal, then we could be eating the best, most expensive foods, taking the best food-grown supplements, eating only organic produce and it would essentially be doing diddly squat (sucks)!

So you are what you eat isn’t the entire truth, you are what you absorb (sorry Gillian mckeith)

✨ If you have any questions regarding your own digestive symptoms or want to learn more on symptoms to look out for, slide into those DM’s or book a free chat with me via link in my bio

Elmira x

11/05/2021

🥨🌮 BEAT THE BLOAT FOR SUMMER PROGRAMME AVAILABLE NOW! 🍕🍰

Starting this May 15th, this programme will help kick start your journey to optimal health using whole foods to create delicious breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks with a package worth over £110. Yours for ONLY £39.99.

In this programme you will get;

🥕 21 days worth of healthy and delicious breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack recipes - all dairy and gluten free *Vegan Option Available 💡Created by a fully qualified Nutritional Therapist💡
🥕 Downloadable meal plan delivered weekly for 3 weeks complete with full shopping list for stress free cooking *accessed easily online or via an app
🥕 Introduction to vitamins and minerals key for digestive support
🥕 Weekly online group check-ins with similar like minded people. 🥕 Building a community, friendships and support throughout *optional participation

This programme is perfect for you if you would;

❣️ You would like to reset and realign your health goals in 2021
❣️ Look and feel great and bring yourself back to health after lockdown
❣️ Take back control and fall in love with cooking
❣️ Reduce painful digestive disorders with healthy whole foods
❣️ Have an inventory of healthy, delicious recipes that you can use time and time again

Sign up TODAY for additional discounts!

Beat The Bloat for Summer Programme: https://p.bttr.to/3bcDHCQ
Vegan Beat The Bloat for Summer Programme:
https://p.bttr.to/33uSHaL

07/05/2021

It’s almost time for the launch of the Beat the Bloat programme 🌈

From Monday you will be able to book your place on to the 21 day programme, where you will be sent a weekly meal plan, with shopping list provided every Saturday (the first week’s shopping list will be delivered on Saturday 15th May ready for week 1 of the plan to start on the 17th).

A vegan option is available for all my planties and a link to purchase the programme will be made available on Monday. 🥦

With this programme you will receive 21 days worth of breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack recipes that are not only incredibly delicious but packed FULL of vitamins and minerals to help make you feel and look your best, just in time for summer ☀️

Those who are on my mailing list and those who sign up on Monday will be offered an additional 12% off the retail price.

This is a FANTASTIC programme that we will all be doing together with weekly check-ins and support throughout. All the recipes are downloadable so you get to keep them forever.

Keep your eyes peeled for more updates x

20/04/2021

Jumping on to say 🙋🏻‍♀️ and checking in on everyone on this beaut day ☀️

I took what felt like a week off for my birthday (2nd in lockdown) and it was lovely, i also spent last week visiting friends and family i hadn’t seen, as well as ripping apart my guest room turned office (something we thought would take a day to paint turned into wallpaper steaming hell - all fun and games).

It’s been a hot minute since I posted and although I want to be unapologetically authentic in creating this brand, I also carry huge guilt and fear for every day that I don't post anything (as everyone says, the number one rule to growing a business is to check in DAILY).

However I have been extremely busy behind the scenes creating an amazing programme, that will help you all beat the bloat, fall in love with cooking again and unleash the best version of yourself (just in time for the day the world re-opens).

My 21 Day Beat The Bloat programme will be launching on the 10th May (eeeekkkk) with a vegan option for those wanting to go meat free. All recipes all gluten and dairy free and DELICIOUS and FULL of macro and micro nutrients that will see you glowing from the inside out.

More details will be revealed in the upcoming weeks, and until then, enjoy what you’re doing and tell that anxiety and fear to f*ck off because you’re FABULOUS doing exactly what you’re doing! 😉 🌈

29/03/2021

Download your FREE Immune Boosting Recipe eBook here: https://bit.ly/3rwFPun

Packed with delicious, immune boosting breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack recipes. This free recipe eBook is yours to keep.

Swap out ingredients, add to recipes and make them your own time and time again.

Make sure to tag .with.elmira with all your creations, and enjoy xx

25/03/2021

Eating for immunity isn’t easy!

Yes we all know we should eat more fruits and vegetables, up our fiber intake, drink more water, avoid gluten, dairy, simple sugars… but what does that leave us with?

A lot of my clients find it so hard to come up with healthy foods that are super YUMMY but still meet their nutrient needs.

That is exactly why I am SO EXCITED to share my FREE Immune Boosting Recipe eBook with you.

I studied nutrition because I love to help! I'm completely fascinated with the human body and all it does. Before studying, I never could have imagined just how IMPORTANT it is to maintain a well balanced diet and lifestyle, what this means for our digestive health, our liver function, hormones, detoxification pathways, circadian rhythm, mental wellbeing, fertility, energy levels, immunity - the list is endless. Nutritional Therapy should not be a luxury only a few can afford, and with the world in crisis, our health and wellbeing is more important than ever!

That is why I have spent so much time putting together this free recipe book complete with breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack inspo to help inspire and excite.

Hope you like it as much as I do!

x Arriving next week x

23/03/2021

The adult human gut houses roughly 100 trillion bacterial cells with more than 1000 different bacterial species (wowzer), including both beneficial bacteria that are protective and a few nasties.

There is crosstalk and cross-regulation between us (the humans) and the microbiota (bacteria) that reside in the gut, which creates *balance* keeping us free from any overgrowth of potentially bad bacteria.

We have a commensal relationship with these little bugs - the bacteria thrive in the rich environment of the gut while we benefit from multiple functions provided by these little guys.

This *balance* of the microbiome is extremely beneficial to us, however if there is a change in the microbial composition that causes a drastic *imbalance* between the beneficial and potentially bad bacteria, the gut becomes vulnerable to pathogens. This imbalance is termed “dysbiosis”.

In general, dysbiosis can be categorised into three different types: 1) Loss of beneficial organisms, 2) Excessive growth of potentially harmful organisms, and 3) Loss of overall diversity.

With dysbiosis comes potential dysbiosis-associated diseases, which can include:

💥Irritable Bowel Disease - (Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease)
💥Obesity
💥Diabetes Mellitus
💥Autism Spectrum Disorders
💥Cancer (especially colorectal cancer)

Good news is, we can all do a little to help our microbiome FLOURISH including;

🍜 Eating fermented foods (or taking probiotics)
🥦 Getting in AT LEAST 30g fiber daily
🍭Staying away from lots of sugars and sweeteners
💆🏻‍ Practising stress release
💊Avoiding antibiotics when unnecessary
🚴🏾Exercising regularly
💤Getting enough sleep

17/03/2021

❓Did you know that as many as 1 in 3 of us have suffered or currently suffer from symptoms of toxic overload! Crazy huh…

These symptoms are our bodies way of telling us something isn’t quite right. Most of the time we seek to treat the symptom, but understanding the root cause can help keep a myriad of these symptoms away for good, restoring us back to optimum health!

Diet, lifestyle and stress release techniques are often great places to start and something a registered NT will be more than happy to help you implement. Be sure to report any prolonged health concerns to your General Practitioner

➡️ Swipe on for examples of common symptoms