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It’s Not too Early to Start Preparing for Seasonal Allergies
As the winter months roll by, it might seem premature to start thinking about seasonal allergies. However, taking a holistic approach to preparing for them during winter can significantly alleviate symptoms and improve overall well-being when spring arrives. By adopting a proactive stance, you can empower yourself to manage allergies more effectively and enjoy the upcoming seasons to the fullest. Understanding Seasonal Allergies Seasonal allergies, also known as hay fever or allergic rhinitis, typically occur when outdoor allergens such as pollen from trees, grasses, and weeds are in abundance. These allergens trigger the body’s immune response, leading to symptoms like sneezing, congestion, itchy eyes, and a runny nose. While these…
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Our Three Connected Brains
Although only one organ in the head is anatomically known as the brain, there are two other crucial organs that allow us to communicate with ourselves and our environment in different but still important ways. We are taught to “use our head” to make decisions, think logically and manoeuvre through life. But don’t we also rely on “following our heart” and “trusting our gut feelings” when it comes to those all-important decisions? We can help ourselves to make the most informed decisions by consulting our head, heart and gut and better our chances of making choices that are aligned with our purpose, and which allow us to flow easier through…
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How Does Gut Health Affect Us?
We’re always harping on about gut health here at Holistic Room because it affects pretty much every part of us. It affects how we feel, how we deal with stress, how we utilise nutrients, how well we sleep, the strength of our immune system, the health of our skin, the speed of our metabolism and so much more. In fact, there’s probably very little that the gut microbiome isn’t involved in. Our brain and body cannot exist without constant signals coming from the microbes in our gut. It’s a bustling, complex community that holds the key to both good and poor health. How many critters do we have? The exact…
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How To Improve Your Gut Health – It’s all in the Microbiome
If you’re still feeling a little bloated from the festive season, there is much you can do to start feeling more ease in the abdominal region. In short, you want to increase the friendly gut microbiome as it impacts every system in your body, from your skin to your immune health and even your mental health. So, if you’re feeling sluggish and not your best self, then it could well be that the bad bacteria are currently winning the battle. But don’t despair, as it’s fairly simple for the good bacteria to take hold and win the war. Research shows that with dietary and lifestyle changes, you can start changing…
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Heal Your Gut with Apple Sauce!
When you think of apple sauce, you might think of desserts first, but did you know that apple sauce is actually very good for your gut? Stewing apples releases pectin, which is a type of soluble fiber in the cell walls of plants and helps give them their structure. Pectin increases a substance in our gut called Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase (IAP) which protects our body by preventing the Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) which are toxic bacteria from getting into the blood stream. IAP grabs LPS and escorts it out of the body through the bowel movements. IAP also stimulates the genes to heal intestinal permeability, so if you have any issues with…
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You Are What Your Gut Absorbs
Good health starts in the gut. We now know that about 70% of the immune system resides in the gut. So, to improve our whole health, we must pay attention to our gut and more importantly the little critters called the microbiome that live there. The microbiome consists of trillions of friendly gut bacteria in our digestive tract which not only ward off bad bacteria and viruses, but also effect every part of the body including your hormones, mood, and sleep. If your gut is impaired, you will not be able to digest food easily and more importantly, you will not be able to extract the nutrients from the food…
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Fermented Vegetables: Boost your Immune System with this Probiotic Rich Recipe
There has been quite a bit of information circulating recently about how the majority of the immune system is in the gut, so feeding the gut with good bacteria can help boost the immune system. The quantity and diversity of friendly bacteria can be increased a number of ways, one of which is by taking probiotic supplements. There is however an easier and cheaper way to get your fix, and you could well have all the ingredients already in your fridge and cupboards. You can whip up your own batch of fermented vegetables! Fermented vegetables undergo controlled microbial growth and fermentation. Fermentation is an anaerobic process in which yeast and…
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As Coronavirus Figures Soar, can you Boost your Immune System Naturally?
With coronavirus figures soaring, is there anything you can do to boost your immune system during these uncertain times? Yes there is! One of the most obvious places to start would be by increasing levels of vitamin C in the body. Our immune system relies heavily on vitamin C so including more vitamin C rich foods such as strawberries, blackcurrants, kiwis, oranges, lemons, broccoli, peppers and kale into your diet would be a great place to start. When the body is under stress, which can be emotional stress such as from fear of catching the virus, it releases a host of hormones to cope with it. Vitamin C has been shown to reduce stress…
