In this video we discuss the use of continuous glucose monitors. What populations they are best suited to, interpretation relating to the data provided by these monitors, factors beyond the food you eat that influences your glucose response and how...
When it comes to cardiovascular health, many of us will be familiar with names like LDL and HDL cholesterol and even perhaps triglycerides, for those with a stronger interest in this subject. However, there is one important molecule that very...
When it comes to understanding fats (cholesterol in particular), we have grown more and more uncertain around how cholesterol influences heart attacks and strokes. We’re none the wiser when it comes to understanding our ‘good’ cholesterol vs ‘bad’ cholesterol and...
In this article we dive into a common stool test marker, pancreatic elastase. Firstly, we explore what pancreatic elastase is, typically reference ranges for pancreatic elastase on a stool test and how our team of Nutritionists and Functional Medicine Practitioners...
Have you been told you have high triglyceride levels? Perhaps you want to know what caused it and what you can do to lower your triglycerides. In this article we take a deep dive into what triglycerides are, there relevance...
In this article we look at some common and some less common cardiovascular risk blood test markers that we use in our functional medicine clinic. We discuss what these markers are and provide typical ranges to aim for to help...
This article explores the three must-have supplements for CrossFit and Hyrox-style training, covering pre-training boosts, in-session sustenance, and post-training recovery to optimise performance and wellbeing.
In this video, Danny helps you understand more about cholesterol. What is cholesterol, how does the body use cholesterol? Danny also dives into more advanced assessments that look at LDL cholesterol particle numbers and sizes and why looking at this...
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...
In this video, Danny discusses what this medication is, how it works in the body and who it may be for. Recently, this medication has gained in popularity because it has been approved for the management of obesity and weight...
In this article, we will take a deep dive into a common marker found on comprehensive stool tests, Zonulin. We look at what zonulin is, it's association to health issues, what it means for your gut health and what can...
In this article, we explore the spice turmeric as well as its popular active component, Curcumin. How might turmeric and curcumin benefit your health and is there good evidence behind its use? If it can help, what conditions might it...
In this article, we look at the stool test marker known as calprotectin. We explore what calprotectin is, what it means if your calprotectin levels are elevated and how to interpret your test results. We also look at natural ways...
In this article, I’m going to look over some of my favourite protein powders, why I might use them, for whom or under what circumstances and some simple tips with the best ways to incorporate them.
In this article we are going to look at some research looking at intermittent periods of exercise and its impact on muscle protein synthesis. We also explore other benefits of exercise snacking.
Creating a calorie deficit is an accepted goal to effectively support someone’s weight loss journey. However, not everyone wants to track, measure, or count calories. Below you will find some tips that are not directly quantifying calories but may help...
If you are embarking on a weight and fat loss journey and want long-term success, you may be considering what exercise can help you reach you best reach your goals. This article covers the pros and cons of different exercise...
What is hunger? Hunger is a physiological process – in other words, the physical body is signalling that food needs to be consumed to maintain energy levels. Different chemical substances and signals produced by both the brain and the gut,...
We all know that creating a calorie deficit is what matters for losing weight – simple right? Doesn’t mean it’s easy! However, if you have the lifestyle behaviours in place then you can make it a lot easier for yourself!...
This article explores the popular methods for tracking your nutrition intake: calorie counting, flexible dieting and meal plans and provides some top tips for tracking your nutrition intake. For most people, calorie counting tends to be done on an app...
If you are embarking on a weight and fat loss journey, you are likely wanting to be setting yourself up for success. Research shows that the role of protein within your diet could be one of the most important tools...
Eating foods that are naturally rich in fibre are a corner stone of any successful weight loss journey! This article covers some of the many benefits of fibre, examples of high fibre foods, some tasty meal ideas, as well as...
If you are looking for success in the long term with your weight loss goals, then NEAT is one of the most valuable tools in your toolbox. Read on to find out more about what NEAT is, what happens to...
How do you measure when you’ve reached success on your weight loss journey? And how do you know if you’re on the right road to where you want to get to in the meantime? Having clear goals allows you to...
Following weight loss, people on average regain a third of their weight lost within a year and the rest within 3-5 years (Avenell et al. 2004, Dansinger et al. 2007). If you do not want to be one of these...
How we eat is often overlooked when it comes to weight loss. Retaining a level of mindfulness over our choices can have a profound impact on what we actual choose. Stress can impact our brain, leading to more impulsive decisions...
Support can often be an overlooked tool in any walk of life in addition to successful weight loss. This article provides an overview of its potential role in the weight loss journey, different types of support, and some tips for...
In this article we provide a basic look at what flexible dieting is and some of the pros and cons to consider.
You may have heard or read that fasted cardio is superior for losing weight and fat and therefore wondered whether this is true. This article provides the science behind fasted cardio and some need to knows and top tips for...
When and how much you eat are important components of setting up a weight loss diet and achieving a calorie deficit. Part of creating a personalised nutrition plan involves establishing meal frequency and timing that is optimal for you. This...
If you are about to embark on a weight loss journey and are wondering about whether exercise can help you lose weight, this article provides you with the research on exercise and weight loss, along with some tips to use...
If you’re about to embark on your weight loss journey then you need to understand the most important component for weight loss – creating an energy deficit. This article covers some of the factors that contribute to creating an energy...
If you are setting up your diet for weight loss, then you may want to decide how much of each different macronutrient you will consume. Check out How to Calculate Calories to get this sorted first! This article provides a...
In this article we look at five often overlook areas associated to weight loss psychology and how they may be impacting your ability to lose weight and maintain that weight loss.
The quest to lose body fat remains a popular google search and a common reason for people hiring nutritionists, health coaches and personal trainers. Common reasons for this desire to “optimise” body fat levels may be due to health concerns,...
Understanding metabolism is key to managing your energy, weight, health and performance. This article provides a brief overview of what metabolism is, five facts on metabolism and five tips to optimise yours!
Phase angle is one of the markers we assess as part of our body composition assessments with clients and available as a standalone service.
If you’ve been considering when to start that resistance training programme and / or pondering over whether muscle mass really is that important, then this article is for you – it provides a brief overview of muscle mass and what...
The health risks associated with increased levels of body fat are commonly talked about, but where you store body fat may be of equal importance. This article highlights the numerous ways in which an elevated waist may be an indicator...
In the quest for optimal health and wellness, understanding the intricacies of our bodies goes beyond mere numbers on a weighing scale. Body composition is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of health assessments. Testing body composition helps to shed...
People often want to “lose” body fat, but what type of fat and from where you lose it matters – especially when it comes to health. Whilst you can measure body fat levels through body composition measurements, what does this...
Water is essential for life and that includes the human body! It is central to every chemical process that takes place in the body and has a multitude of important roles. This article provides a brief overview of the role...
This article covers some background on body composition, why it matters, and the pros and cons on the most common methods to measure body composition.
Change isn’t all or nothing, and change doesn’t always equal action either. Successful change can be incremental and unfold over time as you become more ready to take on a new behaviour.
Change isn’t easy and changing diet and lifestyle habits can be particularly difficult. It is very normal to not succeed straight away. Progress isn’t linear, and it comes with ups and downs, successes and setbacks.
Have you ever checked out your credit score before? A credit score is a number based upon your credit history such as accounts you have, debt, payment history etc. In a nutshell, that score helps to qualify you for lending...
Why do so many resolutions fail? It is often not for lack of motivation or enthusiasm. Most of us are incredibly motivated at the start, but after a few weeks this motivation slowly ebbs away, and it gets more and...
This page is designed to help you understand why you might be experiencing symptoms relating to chronic inflammation. In this section we look at what inflammation is, what might cause chronic inflammation, some of the health implications of chronic inflammation,...
This page is designed to help you understand why you might be experiencing symptoms relating to immune insufficiency. In this section we look at what role the immune system plays, possible underlying causes for reduced immune function, testing considerations, and...
This page is designed to help you understand why you might be experiencing symptoms relating to impaired detoxification or overall toxic burden. In this section we look at why we need to consider toxicity as a potential health issue, as...
This page is designed to help you understand why you might be experiencing symptoms or have risk factors relating to cognitive impairment. We look at what cognitive impairment is, possible underlying causes, testing considerations and some things that you might...
We often hear about the importance of proper communication. How we should talk more, to express our feelings and how we should work on our communication skills. And while this is imperative to our relationships and our wellbeing, one piece...
Lifestyle change is difficult, especially if you are doing it alone. It is why so many new years resolutions fail every year. Ever tried a new way of eating but haven’t been able to stick to it? Or signed up...
This page is designed to help you understand why you might be experiencing symptoms or have risk factors relating to your cardiometabolic health.
This page is designed to help you understand why you might be experiencing symptoms relating to poor gallbladder health.
This page is designed to help you understand more about musculoskeletal health, the impact of imbalances in this area and what you may be able to do to help improve this area of your health.
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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.
In this article we are going to look at the hormone progesterone, specifically looking at low levels of progesterone. We explore how progesterone is made, common symptoms, testing considerations, some of the potential causes and some hints and tips to...
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.
In this article we look at the health of the small intestine with a particular focus on Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth or SIBO for short. Our Nutritionists and Functional Medicine Practitioners regularly see SIBO and help to support clients with...
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.
In this review, we look at considerations for those struggling with symptoms relating to impaired digestion and absorption.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
