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The Link Between Your Gut Health and Estrogen Balance

The Link Between Your Gut Health and Estrogen Balance
Your gut is the home to trillions of microbes. The amount and variety of the microbes within your gut can either promote or hinder your health. One of the many impacts your gut microbiome have been impacting the amount of estrogen circulating in your body. Each different type of microbe plays a different role in…
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Do You Need to Be Taking an Electrolyte Supplement?

Do You Need to Be Taking an Electrolyte Supplement?
As a general guideline most people need 1 teaspoon of sodium a day for health. There are several exceptions to this rule and some people need to include more than this to keep their body working as it should. Electrolytes like sodium and potassium are minerals which flow through your blood and are essential to…
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An Easy Swap to Increase Your Lifespan By 48 Minutes Per Day

An Easy Swap to Increase Your Lifespan By 48 Minutes Per Day
While there is no magic pill to increasing your lifespan the lifestyle choices that you make can add up to a lot of extra or lost time. One lifestyle factor which influences your chances of a longer life is your diet. The Western Diet is typically high in red and processed meats, added sugar and…
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Ways To Help Keep a Healthy Heart Rhythm

Ways To Help Keep a Healthy Heart Rhythm
Having a heart that works well is important for life. Having unusual heartbeats within your regular heartbeat pattern which are faster or slower called arrhythmia. Arrhythmia can lead to poor health outcomes such as stroke and heart failure. Your lifestyle choices play a major role in your risk of developing arrhythmia. Lifestyle choices which increase…
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Fibre May Be the Missing Key to Reduce Your Hay Fever Symptoms

Fibre May Be the Missing Key to Reduce Your Hay Fever Symptoms
Do you suffer from fay fever? You may think that popping an Antihistamine is all you can do to reduce the suffering but there may be another way to help reduce your allergies and hay fever and this is your diet. Western diets which are commonly low in dietary fibre which are non-digestible carbohydrates which…
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The Four R’s to Optimal Recovery

The Four R’s to Optimal Recovery
Giving your best during training or a workout is not enough to see optimal benefits. The way you recover post workout is a vital component to your results and to allow your body to come back stronger ready for the next session. There are four R’s which are essential to allow your body to recover…
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MACS: A New Buzzword You Need to Know

MACS: A New Buzzword You Need to Know
Gut health is essential for your overall health and evidence on the importance of gut health continues to grow. A new buzzword you need to know is MACS or microbiota accessible carbohydrates. You may know about prebiotics or the food which feed specific types of good bacteria in your gut. MACS are carbohydrates food which…
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