The subject of nutrition and the microbiome (the vast array of gut bacteria that outnumber your human cells by 10 to 1*) is a passion of mine. I love reading and listening to podcasts on the latest research and discoveries on longevity, epigenetics and human performance. To whet your appetite (pun intended) I have gathered several fantastic resources that I trust you will find intriguing and beneficial.

*Allana Collen 10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness.

Chronic inflammatory diseases, autoimmune, diabetes, obesity are now epidemic. Modern science offers drugs and surgery with little in the way of education and coaching to heal what is still reversible in many cases.

This has been seriously highlighted in recent months with the SARS-CoV2, Coronavirus outbreak and the number of people who have been at risk due to lifestyle-related chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity being the top 3.

Many people suffering from these conditions are seeking alternatives using nutrition, exercise and lifestyle changes congruent with our ancestral health that have been proven to have a positive impact on the expression of our genes.

​Without further a-do, I shall hand you over to 3 interviews with the experts...

Dr David Perlmutter MD

Dr Malcolm Kendrick MD

Mickey Trescott NTP

Dr. David Perlmutter is a renowned neurologist whose expertise includes gluten issues, brain health & nutrition, and preventing neurodegenerative disorders.

GP Malcolm Kendrick exposes the truth behind the hype surrounding heart disease. He will change the way we think about cholesterol forever.

Mickey Trescott NTP is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, she founded AutoimmuneWellness.com, whose website and social media channels serve millions of readers annually with recipes and resources for living well with chronic illness.

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How to make a start.

Some of us need a strict plan with instructions to follow and others of us need a basic guideline to begin with. For a plan with great support and the research and science information to back up the plan go to Mickey Trescott and Angie Alt's website, www.autominewellness.com these amazing women had their own struggle with autoimmune conditions and confusion surrounding what is healthy when it comes to food. They went about discovering a natural way to heal themselves where conventional treatments were not working and now run coaching programs for the likes of you and me.

A good place to start...

Eat Colourful Foods, No Beige Food!

This was my final suggestion that really made a difference for a client years ago who desperately wanted to loose weight but couldn't seem to get started.

Diets can be complicated, so how about if we kept it super simple...?

Try this for the next two weeks and notice how well you feel.

Just eat colourful foods.
No foods that are beige. These tend to be high carbohydrates foods and many processed meals that we will do well cutting right down on. That's your chips, pasta, bread and pastries (sweet and savoury), beer and lager. 

If you eat a lot of bread at lunchtime, you could replace it with salads, soup, eggs, fish and natural whole food recipes.
If your main meals are often pasta, pizza, chips etc replace those with boiled new potatoes and meat/fish/vegetarian home cooked meals.

Keep an eye on your portion sizes. If you know this is a problem, buy yourself a smaller plate to eat from, it will visually look like the same amount of food. This also works for glasses of wine...!