Chicken or the egg; Does stress influence your gut or your gut your stress?
In a previous post, So there is a link between stress and nutrition?, I mentioned the impact of stress and nutrition on our health. Besides the physical processes mentioned in the article, most of us recognise the existence of the connection between the gut and the brain, the so called ‘gut-brain-axis. We know that, in […]
Rainbow Trout Pasta
Rainbow Trout Pasta As supplements go, fish oil is very popular, with even our supermarkets selling them by the bucket. The problem with these cheaper brands is that the production and storage may have caused the fish oil to oxidise. Now, oxidized fish oil does more harm in your body than good, so always be […]
Anti-inflammatory foods
[wr_image link_type=”no_link” image_container_style=”no-styling” image_alignment=”inherit” appearing_animation=”0″ disabled_el=”no” ][/wr_image]This week I was asked to write about anti-inflammatory foods. And although this is a very big subject, I’ll try to explain inflammation and give some examples of anti-inflammatory foods. Inflammation is part of our body’s defence mechanism and as such has a protective role. Inflammation is an attempt […]