Tiny Steps. Big Health

Feeling Sad 😞

Feeling Sad 😞

I understand that corporations have been guilty of putting profits before people's health. I also understand that it can feel like science is always changing. It's not the science that...

Feeling Sad 😞

I understand that corporations have been guilty of putting profits before people's health. I also understand that it can feel like science is always changing. It's not the science that...

The Flu that is Flattening Us 🤧

The Flu that is Flattening Us 🤧

Zinc doesn't do its work floating around in your blood. It has to get inside cells, and cell membranes are fatty and unfriendly to a charged mineral. This is where...

The Flu that is Flattening Us 🤧

Zinc doesn't do its work floating around in your blood. It has to get inside cells, and cell membranes are fatty and unfriendly to a charged mineral. This is where...

💊 Pharmaceuticals and gut health

💊 Pharmaceuticals and gut health

💊 Some pharmaceuticals can influence your gut health: proton pump inhibitors (reflux), metformin (type 2 diabetes), some SSRIs (depression), ACE inhibitors (cardiovascular health), laxatives, and even paracetamol. 🤔 So what...

💊 Pharmaceuticals and gut health

💊 Some pharmaceuticals can influence your gut health: proton pump inhibitors (reflux), metformin (type 2 diabetes), some SSRIs (depression), ACE inhibitors (cardiovascular health), laxatives, and even paracetamol. 🤔 So what...

Plantain, Peas 🫛 and a Dunedin Coffee Factory

Plantain, Peas 🫛 and a Dunedin Coffee Factory

The challenge, of course, is that New Zealand products are more expensive (partly because of the land-value issues identified above). But the counter to not doing this is loss of...

Plantain, Peas 🫛 and a Dunedin Coffee Factory

The challenge, of course, is that New Zealand products are more expensive (partly because of the land-value issues identified above). But the counter to not doing this is loss of...

🌸 Your Gut Changes at Menopause Too

🌸 Your Gut Changes at Menopause Too

When oestrogen is made in your body, or enters it, your liver tags it with a glucuronide molecule 🏷️, which marks it for disposal, shipping it into the gut in...

🌸 Your Gut Changes at Menopause Too

When oestrogen is made in your body, or enters it, your liver tags it with a glucuronide molecule 🏷️, which marks it for disposal, shipping it into the gut in...

🌱 Seed and Feed - Why Gut Health Needs Both

🌱 Seed and Feed - Why Gut Health Needs Both

🥬 Feed. Aim to eat thirty different plant species a week. It sounds challenging until you remember nuts, seeds, beans, lentils, herbs and spices all count. Build up gradually; a...

🌱 Seed and Feed - Why Gut Health Needs Both

🥬 Feed. Aim to eat thirty different plant species a week. It sounds challenging until you remember nuts, seeds, beans, lentils, herbs and spices all count. Build up gradually; a...