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Kiwi Fruit: Your Guts Best Friend

Kiwi Fruit: Your Guts Best Friend
Are you a fan of the delicious taste of a kiwi fruit? Kiwi fruits are extremely nutrient dense and are a rich source of vitamin C, E, K, folate, carotenoids, potassium, phytochemicals, and fibre. Vitamin C, a powerful antioxidant, plays an important role in keeping your immune system working at its best. It does this…
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Are You Giving Your Body the Benefits of Sprouted Grains?

Are You Giving Your Body the Benefits of Sprouted Grains?
Do you enjoy creating masterpieces in the kitchen? If you are using conventional flours or plain organic flours, you are missing the delicious taste experience and additional health benefits of sprouted grains Second Spring Foods flours and bake mixes. Sprouted grains are not a new food technology and have been recorded as far back at…
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A Snapshot of How Your Nutrition Influences Your Immune System

A Snapshot of How Your Nutrition Influences Your Immune System
Your immune system is impacted by many factors. These include alcohol, smoking, genetics, stress, fitness level, obesity, medication, and sleep quality just to name a few. Your diet is one factor which is under your control and can make a major impact on the strength of your immune system and its function. Ensuring your diet…
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A Snapshot Guide to Plant-Based Eating

A Snapshot Guide to Plant-Based Eating
It can be easy to become overwhelmed with the idea of eating more plant based with the growing trend of vegan based diets. Good news is there are more than one way you can follow a plant-based style of eating. Here are 5 snapshots of choices you can include more plants in your diet.  …
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Look After Your Gut Health for Strong Bones

Look After Your Gut Health for Strong Bones
Keeping your bones strong is essential for your quality of life and function. When you think about keeping your bones strong the first thing that probably comes to mind is drinking a glass of milk. A fact which is less well known is how prebiotic fibre promotes strong and healthy bones. The link  between your…
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Matcha : More Than A Trendy Beverage

Matcha : More Than A Trendy Beverage
Matcha can be seen everywhere on social media as the latest trending drink. Matcha is a finely ground green tea. This beverage dates much further back than the beginning of social media. Matcha originates from Japan where it was first enjoyed over a thousand years ago in the late 12th century. These plants are shade-grown,…
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Inulin: An Essential Fibre to Promote Normal Gut Microbe Function

Inulin: An Essential Fibre to Promote Normal Gut Microbe Function
Your microbiome creates many signals which influence the function and health of your body. Methane gas is a type of signal produced by a type of microbe species called methanogens when they consume their needed fuel sources. This species is only present in about 32% of people’s microbiome. Your gut microbiome is all the different…
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