The Problem with Cheap Quality Supplements⠀If you’re buying your supplements from drug store & supermarket brands, you’re more than likely wasting your money. This also goes for that famous health store franchise brand (the one with all the green branding).⠀For starters, just look at the ingredients. Lots of weird words. Fillers? Maltodextrin? Gluten? Wtf.⠀Additionally, when…
Category: Health Tips
Some Supplements Can Make You Psychotic. Yes, really.
I’ve come across a lot of people who use supplemental vitamins, minerals and other nutrients in hopes of improving their health. On one hand, this is great, because I am a huge health advocate – I am pro anything which improves your quality of life. On the other hand, what a lot of people don’t…
How to get the most out of your veggies
Posted @withregram • @drmarkhyman What’s your favorite way to prepare your vegetables?Cooking at home is one of your most valuable and accessible tools to long-lasting health and disease prevention. It’s been found that the more people prepare their own meals at home, the healthier their diet is and the less likely they are to have…
A Reminder On The Importance of Vitamin D for Respiratory & Immune Health – Especially for Darker Skinned Communities in the North-Western Hemisphere
I wrote a post back in March about vitamin D and how it links with respiratory & immune health, with some specific take away tips for people of colour. #vitamind #darkskin #vitamindrequirements #respiratoryhealth #healthdefence #healthtips #sunderivedvitamind
Mental Health Awareness May – Don’t Suffer in Silence.
This time last year I was having a very difficult time in my life. I felt isolated and I found it very hard to cope. I found myself in a position where I was scared to reach out to my closest people because I didn’t think they would understand, and I was afraid they would…
Deep Breathing to Heal Your Body Back to Health
Want to improve your health and heal yourself? Practice deep breathing, often!⠀When our body, mind or emotions are put under high stress for a continuous period of time, it can cause some pretty serious disruptions to our health.⠀This is because our bodies go into fight or flight mode, which raises our blood sugar levels (because…
Why & How Microorganisms Can Be Messing With Your Mood
Why & how microorganisms can be messing with your mood⠀If we have an imbalanced environment in our gut, this is what could be causing it:⠀-a nasty bacterial strain (bad bacteria). Look at your daily diet (diet drinks, sugar, trans fats, processed foods, chemicals, synthetic oestrogens, etc), OR have you recently had an upset stomach after…
Stomach acid 101
Did you know that when we eat a meal which contains protein, our body sends a hormonal signal to the stomach to start releasing a highly acidic solution in order to chemically digest our meal?⠀The acidity content of our stomach acid is so high, that if it was exposed on to your skin, it would…
Free-range vs Organic; what’s the difference?⠀
Ever wondered what the difference was, and whether it’s worth paying the extra few quid to upgrade from free-range to organic?⠀It’s definitely worth it! Organic meat is the best way to go if you’re committed to being an omnivore.⠀Choosing organic encourages the organic farming industry – which is what farming used to be like before…
The Skinny on Intermittent Fasting; A Series – Part 3⠀Alternate Day Fasting/Every Other Day Fasting
Alternate Day Fasting/Every Other Day Fasting⠀Even within this method, there are 2 ways of doing it. Regardless of which one you do, they both serve to help you lose body fat while maintaining your muscle and lean tissue mass.⠀It’s also been shown in several clinical studies to be the most effective and long term method…