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Why Fluid Is The Key to Unlocking Fibre Health Potential

Why Fluid Is The Key to Unlocking Fibre Health Potential
Did you know that your body is made up of around 60% water? Water is essential for the normal functioning of your body and just a 1-2% dehydration can cause negative effects on your body. Fibre is an essential component for fibre to be able to work in your body. Soluble fibre like insulin in…
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Remember Fibre to Promote A Healthier Gut with IBD

Remember Fibre to Promote A Healthier Gut with IBD
If you suffer from Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) you may have significantly reduced the amount of fibre in your diet even when you are symptom free. What you may not know is the power fibre may have in reducing your risk of a IBD flare ups and disease severity. There are two types of IBD…
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Cheer Up with A Delicious Cup of Chai

Cheer Up with A Delicious Cup of Chai
If you taste buds are in the need for a sweet sensation, then you must try Honey Spice Sticky Chai by Tea Drop. Chai is not only a delicious beverage but packed with health benefits. Honey Spice Sticky Chai is made from quality ingredients- Red gum honey which is 100% Australian, ginger, black tea, cardamom,…
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How to Reduce Your Risk of Developing Kidney Stones

How to Reduce Your Risk of Developing Kidney Stones
Around 10% of people will suffer from kidney stones in their lifetime. An increase in sedentary lifestyle, poor diet choices and obesity puts you at greater risk of developing kidney stones. Kidney stones are a gathering of mineral and salt deposits which form in different sizes and shapes your kidneys. These are usually very painful…
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Support Optimal Muscle Gains by Looking After Your Gut Microbiome

Support Optimal Muscle Gains by Looking After Your Gut Microbiome
When it comes to seeing optimal results from your efforts at the gym it is probably not on the top of your list to remember to look after the health of your gut microbiome. There appears to be a ‘gut-muscle’ axis where the gut directly influences the function of your muscles. When you gut microbiome…
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Promote a Healthy Gut Microbiome to Help Detox Harmful Contaminants

Promote a Healthy Gut Microbiome to Help Detox Harmful Contaminants
Your gut microbiome is the command centre to most aspects of your health. A healthy gut microbiome promotes an optimal immune function, metabolism of nutrients and organ health. You may not know that your gut microbes also play an important role in detoxing potentially harmful environmental and food toxins. The organ of the liver plays…
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How Your Body Digests Carbohydrates  

How Your Body Digests Carbohydrates  
Have you ever thought about what happens after you have swallowed a delicious bite of a vegemite toast? For your body to digest carbohydrates there are multiple organs involved and overall is an impressive process.  Here is what happens in your body to be able to digest carbohydrates: The process of carbohydrate digestion begins in…
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Understanding Your Triggers to Eating

Understanding Your Triggers to Eating
You live in a society surrounded by food and advertisements driving you to eat. Life is not as simple as in the caveman days where you would need to hunt and gather for food and go for period of famine. Triggers for eating can be classified into two main categories. First is the physiological hunger…
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