Category Archives: Nutrition

  • Home
  • Category Archives: "Nutrition"

Promote Brain Health with Magnesium

Promote Brain Health with Magnesium
Magnesium is a mineral which is a bit of an overachiever in the number of roles it plays in your body. Magnesium is an essential major mineral your body needs to function and can boast to help play a role in over 325 different body functions. Some of the role’s magnesium plays includes supporting normal…
Read more

Protect Your Hearing Using a Whole Diet Approach

Protect Your Hearing Using a Whole Diet Approach
Do you enjoy being able to hear the sweet sounds of the birds in the morning? Simple pleasures like having optimal hearing are often something we take for granted. There are certain lifestyle choices you can integrate into your life which may help preserve your hearing. One that you may not have considered is your…
Read more

Key Nutrients to Promote Optimal Gut Barrier Function

Key Nutrients to Promote Optimal Gut Barrier Function
A healthy gut is a key component to your health. Your gut barrier is one key component of your gut and plays many important roles. Your intestinal barrier is a complex barrier made up biological, physical, and chemical components. These components have many important roles such as ensuring any potential pathogens remain outside your gut…
Read more

5 Key Nutrients to Help Fight Brain Fog

5 Key Nutrients to Help Fight Brain Fog
Having moments when you can tell that your brain is not thinking clearly and in a ‘fog’ can feel frustrating. The good news is that there are certain nutrients which may help to clear the brain fog and help you function at your best. Five key nutrients to add to your diet which may help…
Read more

Could Vitamin D Help Improve Your Cholesterol Levels?

Could Vitamin D Help Improve Your Cholesterol Levels?
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin which has many health benefits. This includes being the key to allow calcium to be absorbed properly in your body to promoting an optimal immune system function. A role which you may be less familiar with is the role that vitamin D may play in promoting optimal cholesterol levels.…
Read more

How Your Gut Microbiome May Impact Your Taste Preferences

How Your Gut Microbiome May Impact Your Taste Preferences
We all have different taste preferences. Some people love the taste of spicy foods or bitter lemon while others find great displeasure in these tastes. Your exposure to certain tastes like bitter, sweet, sour, salty, or pungent can increase acceptance of these tastes. A strategy to increase acceptance to certain tastes you may not have…
Read more

Nutrition Tips to Reduce Your Hay Fever Symptoms

Nutrition Tips to Reduce Your Hay Fever Symptoms
Do you dread spring because you know it is a time where your hay fever flares up? You are not alone if you answered yes as it is estimated that around 18% of people in New Zealand and Australia suffer from hay fever symptoms such as unbearably itchy eyes, a runny nose, and watery eyes.…
Read more

How Your Diet Can Optimise Your Testosterone Levels

How Your Diet Can Optimise Your Testosterone Levels
All hormones are important in the right balance for your optimal health and wellbeing. One important hormone for men’s health is testosterone. Testosterone plays many important functions such as creating a healthy libido, promoting strong bones, supporting muscle mass growth, and erythropoiesis or the production of red blood cells. There are many factors which affect…
Read more