How to Reduce Sugar Cravings in 5 Easy Steps

Fermented Foods Can Help Reduce Sugar Cravings

The omnipresent 'sweet tooth' can often seem like an insurmountable hurdle in our journey towards a healthier lifestyle. We've all been there, craving sugar, and giving in to the siren call of sugary treats. However, the long-term implications of high sugar consumption cannot be ignored. Fluctuations in blood sugar levels, increased risk of heart disease, and...

How to Recover from the Holiday Season

How to recover from the Holiday Season

The holiday season is an exciting, busy and stressful time for many of us, and indulging in all of the many foods and drinks that we don’t normally have throughout the year can be one of the best parts. However, this can have unpleasant results for our digestive system. The extra sugar, lack of fibre and...

What are postbiotics? Functions, types & benefits

Postbiotics Functions and benefits

In the world of gut health, you’ve likely heard the terms probiotics and prebiotics. But have you come across the emerging buzzword: postbiotics? If not, you're in for some fascinating insights! Postbiotics are the newest addition to the microbiome discussion, known for their potential role in supporting gut health and overall wellness. Let’s dive into what...

10 Ways to Improve Glucose Metabolism

10 Ways to Improve Glucose Metabolism

Our metabolic health is greatly affected by what we ingest. Whilst sugar is a great source of energy, excess amounts typically found in everyday products can be detrimental to our health, raise the risk of type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.  It's important to regulate our intake and do everything we can from exercising and eating...

How Do Gut Health Supplements Work And Which One To Get?

How do gut health supplements work and which one to get

Gut health is a very important part of our livelihood, and shouldn't be ignored. Research has shown that our gut controls many aspects of our lives, including appetite, governing our immune systems, mental health, digestive health, and much more. These are all very good reasons to look after your gut and to maintain a healthy one...

Ultimate Guide to Kombucha

Ultimate Guide to Kombucha

Guide to Kombucha Download PDF About the Author Kriben Govender Kriben Govender, is a Food Scientist, Registered Nutritionist and Founder of Nourishme Organics, a company specialising in Gut Health and Mitochondrial health-focused products and Allele Microbiome – a provider of cutting edge Metagenomic Stool Testing and Deuterium Testing.     What Is Kombucha? How to Make...

Dr Amine Zorgani on Achieving Optimal Skin and Mental Health

Dr Amine Zorgani on Achieving Optimal Skin and Mental Health

Welcome to part two of the interview with Dr Amine Zorgani, a seasoned microbiome expert. If you missed part one, check it out here. Within this fascinating conversation, Kriben and Amine explore many interesting topics including optimising the skin microbiome for great skin, personalised microbiome medicine, and how to optimise gut neurotransmitters to improve mental health. ...

The Psychology of Beating Anxiety & Depression (And How Your Gut Health Plays a Significant Role)

The Psychology of Beating Anxiety & Depression (And How Your Gut Health Plays a Significant Role)

Serotonin Gut Brain

We have all heard that saying “You are what you eat” but we have never really related this to the Gut-Brain Axis until recently. There are a psychological perspective and an abstract link between the brain and gut health. Lots of studies around the Gut-Brain Axis have been coming out recently and it shows that there is still a lot that we don't know about this link yet. If you are curious on how to beat depression and anxiety with psychological approaches and with gut health, then read on. 

Kombucha Making 101

Kombucha Making 101

 

Hannah Crum

I had the pleasure of speaking with Hannah Crum, the creator of Kombucha Kamp. She is the Kombucha mamma, the mother of a million bacteria around the world, and she is on a mission to help change the world one gut at a time.

How Ancient Foods Can Feed Our Microbiome

How Ancient Foods Can Feed Our Microbiome

I had the pleasure of speaking with Katherine Courage. She is an English major by training and a journalist by day. She grew up in a science family and was the black sheep that went into the humanities graduating with a degree in journalism. The world around us is so complex and there is more information out there that anyone can sink their teeth into. I think that it is important for journalists to dive into these important matters and bring it to people in a simple way to understand it so people can make better decisions in their everyday life. Read on to learn about how different countries such as Japan, Switzerland, Korea, and Greece incorporate fermented foods, how your microbiome starts to form as soon as you are born, and how to boost your good gut bacteria.

Martha Carlin on Developing Probiotics with AI

Martha Carlin on Developing Probiotics with AI

Today we are exploring the microbiome with Martha Carlin, a citizen scientist who turned a personal crisis into a groundbreaking exploration of Parkinson's disease. From the creation of The Bio Collective to the development of life-changing probiotic formulas, this episode is packed with inspiring stories and cutting-edge science. Don't miss out on this deep dive into...