This article provides tips to optimise insulin sensitivity. The tips will also assist to: help manage blood glucose levels, prevent and/or reverse type 2 diabetes and reduce cardiovascular risk factors, PCOS and other insulin resistant associated conditions.
Insulin plays an essential role in the body, from facilitating the movement of sugar (glucose) into the cells, to promoting muscle synthesis, to stimulating the growth of new cells. However, like most things in life, we want just the right amount.
Whilst there is a definite relationship between insulin resistance and weight gain, which one comes first remains unclear. Both insulin resistance and weight gain are risk factors for type 2 diabetes and many other chronic diseases. Let’s examine their relationship.
During stress, we adapt our physiology and behaviour so that we are able to survive. This is known as the stress response. Under normal conditions, the stress response is vital and healthy. However, when activated repeatedly, it can have negative effects on our health. An over activated stress response is associated with weight gain and many chronic diseases. This article highlights ways in which stress can influence weight gain.
Type 2 diabetes results from genetic and lifestyle factors. The great news is, lifestyle can be changed. Changes to diet, physical activity and weight (especially body fat) levels prevent and reverse type 2 diabetes. This article covers the key lifestyle factors that contribute to type 2 diabetes and tips on how to start changing them.
The more you move and more active you are, the more you exercise and the fitter you are, the healthier you’ll be and the longer you’ll live. Slightly over simplified, but you get my point!
A well-balanced inflammatory response maintains good health, prevents illness and aids recovery. However too much of an inflammatory response, known as a low-grade inflammatory response, is associated with a host of chronic diseases, one of which is type 2 diabetes. This article covers factors associated with inflammation that may increase risk for type 2 diabetes.
Stress. That dreaded word that we hear more and more. We know that too much is bad for us. We know it’s associated with chronic diseases, reduced immunity, poor sleep and weight gain. Unfortunately, that only seems to make the stress even more stressful!
Expert advice on recommended carbohydrate intake for type 2 diabetes remains controversial making it particularly confusing to know how much to have. This article summarises research on the impact of a low carb diet on type 2 diabetes.
Insulin plays a fundamental role in how food is utilised and stored. A state of insulin resistance results in metabolic dysregulation, subsequent health issues and chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes. Read on to find out more about insulin, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and how they are related to one another.
Wow, what a six months! We wanted to give you an update on some changes that we have going on. It has been a particularly busy six months!
If you scored high in the ‘Impaired Oxygen Delivery’ section of the Health Score Quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Post Menopause Hormone Balance’ section of the Health Score Quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Female Estrogen Dominance’ section of the Health Score Quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Female Progesterone Insufficiency’ section of the Health Score Quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Female Androgen Dominance’ section of the Health Score Quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Prostate Health’ section of the Health Score Quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Androgens’ section of the Health Score Quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Adrenal Low’ section of the Health Score Quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Adrenal High’ section of the Health Score Quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Thyroid Low’ section of the Health Score Quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Thyroid High’ section of the Health Score Quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Glucose Low’ section of the Health Score Quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Glucose High’ section of the Health Score Quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Large Intestine’ section of the Health Score Quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Intestinal Permeability’ section of the health score quiz, please read this article as it contains some useful information and additional resources that may be of benefit.
If you scored high in the ‘Lower Oesophageal Sphincter Impairment’ section of the health quiz, then please read this article as it contains some useful resources to help you.
If you scored high in the Small Intestine section of the Health Score Assessment then please read this resource as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the Behaviour Change section of the Health Score Assessment then please read this resource as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the Digestion and Absorption section of the Health Score Assessment then please read this resource as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘Movement’ section of the Health Score assessment then please read this resource as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
In this article, I am going to highlight some of the challenges with grilling and barbequing food. How there may be some health implications with the foods you choose to cook and how you cook them. Equally I want to offer some solutions to help mitigate the potentially negative effects of this type of cooking.
If your health score assessment has highlighted ‘Perceived Stress’, ‘General Stress’ or ‘Employment Stress’ as an area of improvement then please read this resource as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
On this page I am going to provide you with some information to help improve your Health Score numbers focusing on the section ‘Why & How you eat’.
Let’s kick things off by being completely blunt and honest. Nobody knows if specific foods, nutrients or supplements will have a positive or negative impact on COVID-19, there have not been any specific tests as yet to look at this.
Thankfully the initial madness that surrounded coronavirus food shopping habits and the access to food seems to have now finally calmed down. I have had a number of requests for meal ideas that can be batch cooked at home and have prepared a selection of our recipes for you to try!
In a previous article titled Online exercise class schedule to help you through lockdown, we provided a class timetable for online classes. You can download the PDF that we are updating on an ongoing basis. Simply reach out to the practitioner offering the class via their website or social media platform and they can provide a link to their class.
For many of you however, attending classes at set times might not fit in so easily with your schedule. For that reason, I have also put together a number of pre-recorded or designed exercise programs that can be done at your leisure. These have been kindly sent over to me from colleagues in the fitness industry, so I would like to say thank you to them for allowing me to place their content on here.
Maintaining a structure to our day is one of the areas that the government and mental health experts have been saying is of the upmost importance during this time of upheaval and uncertainty.
At this exceptionally unusual time of coronavirus, there are a lot of negatives that we can focus on, however there have also been a number of positive shifts occurring as well that we should feel gratitude for. One that I have recognised is the increased sense of community, increased connection and engagement with friends, family and our neighbours.
In this article, I want to focus on exercise to support you through this challenging time and in particular this period of social distancing and isolation.
As someone who has suffered with anxiety and panic attacks intermittently for the last 10-15 years, I definitely have a level of empathy towards those with anxiety surrounding this outbreak of COVID-19.
At the time of writing this piece (10th of March 2020) there have been around 115,000 cases of COVID-19 resulting in just over 4000 deaths globally. The rate at which the virus is spreading is causing a level of panic in some individuals, complacency in others and some confusion along the way.
If your health score assessment has highlighted ‘when you eat’ as an area of improvement then please read this resource as it contains some useful information and resources to help you.
If you scored high in the ‘What you eat’ section of the functional medicine then please read this resource as it contains some useful information to help you.
If your health score assessment has highlighted sleep as an area of improvement then please read this resource as it contains some useful information and resources to help you improve your sleep health.
In this article we look at the role of technology and the impact of artificial light on sleep health.
Hey everyone. Fay here to spread some Halloween fun. I love Halloween for dressing up, making big curries and also for pumpkins. I love carving them and I love using the flesh to make some amazing recipes. They are seasonal and so it makes these dishes even more special as we only eat them in Oct/Nov.
Our energy levels can be affected by so many things, but one of the fundamental areas to consider is that of impaired oxygen delivery or what might be more commonly associated with anaemia.
In this article we look at interpreting your thyroid hormone blood test results. To do this I break down each individual marker, what it is and why it is tested. Throughout the article we discuss the potential imbalances or patterns that you may see.
In this article I want to introduce you to the role of the thyroid in health and disease prevention. I will overview common symptoms and imbalances that can occur as well as possible testing.