by Sorcha | Jan 25, 2025 | Blog, Health & Illness, Nutrition
image 1: Gut microbiome and female health For a long time, female health was almost taboo. Even today, health advancements are seriously lacking in this area. (1, 2). Males and females are different in many aspects when it comes to health; even the presence of those...
by Sorcha | Nov 25, 2024 | Blog, Health & Illness, Nutrition
image 1: Gut microbiome and mental health The World Health Organisation defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Your physical, mental and social well-being are all connected;...
by Sorcha | Nov 13, 2024 | Blog, Health & Illness, Nutrition
Microbiome and sleep When we think about getting healthier, we usually focus on diet, exercise, maybe giving up unhealthy habits like alcohol and smoking, and drinking more water, but what about sleep? All of the above are important, but I’d argue sleep is one...
by Sorcha | Nov 6, 2024 | Blog, Health & Illness, Nutrition
Gut microbiome and pain Imagine waking up every morning with some pain. Imagine never being able to say to the doctor or nurse that you are a 0 on the pain scale. That is what chronic pain is, and currently, it affects approximately one and a half million people...
by Sorcha | Oct 30, 2024 | Blog, Health & Illness, Nutrition
Microbiome and Longevity Longevity is basically how long and how healthy your life is. You could live till you are 100, but would you rather live that long and have poor health, or would you rather live till your 80’s or 90’s and be as fit as a fiddle the whole way...
by Sorcha | Oct 23, 2024 | Blog, Health & Illness, Nutrition
Gut microbiome and health skin Looking healthy doesn’t always mean you feel healthy. You can pull the wool over everyone’s eyes by putting on some make-up, nice clothes, and doing your hair, but when you feel good from the inside out, it feels like so much less...
by Sorcha | Oct 15, 2024 | Blog, Health & Illness, Nutrition
Gut microbiome and weight loss The weight loss industry is a multi-billion dollar industry, and it’s only growing. However, being overweight or obese affects almost ¼ of the world’s population. Despite so many ‘quick fixes’, we still haven’t...
by Sorcha | Aug 6, 2024 | Blog, Nutrition
Paris Olympics 2024 I haven’t written a blog in a while, so I thought I’d start with a topic as dramatic and controversial as an episode of Game of Thrones (minus the killing). Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know the Paris 2024 Olympics are currently...
by Sorcha | Dec 23, 2023 | Blog, Healthy Mind, Nutrition
Christmas Stress Christmas is a funny time of the year. It’s meant to be a ‘holiday’, but it ends up being a sack full of stress for most people. Buying presents, Christmas dinner, sending Christmas cards (and trying not to forget anyone) and more. ...
by Sorcha | Jul 25, 2022 | Blog, Healthy Mind, Nutrition
Is Sugar Really Addictive? You’ve probably heard someone say they have a ‘sweet tooth’, or that they’re ‘addicted to sugar’. Basically, meaning if given the choice they’d pick sweet food over savoury. Being addicted to something is no joke though. ...
