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Routine is key for a healthy lifestyle
Where to start for a healthy lifestyle Building and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is so important. However, it can sometimes be difficult to know where to start. When you begin your health journey, one of the most important things to remember is that consistency is…
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Why Using Quality Ingredients in the Right Format is Required for Bio Availability?
In nutritional science, bio-availability can be broadly defined as the proportion of a nutrient that is absorbed from the diet and used for normal body functions. But not all nutrients are born(e) equal (excuse the pun)! When we consume a food, drink or supplement, the…
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All Nutrient Groups Are Needed To Stay Healthy!
ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS: Essential nutrients are compounds that the body can’t make or can’t make in sufficient quantity. According to the World Health Organization, these nutrients must come from food, and they’re vital for disease prevention, growth, and good health. While there are many essential nutrients, they…
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sense* recipe – My favourite VERY green smoothie recipe
I thought that I would share with you my favourite green smoothie recipe using sense* for gut health. (The recipe will also work with any of the sense* superfood supplement powders, for that matter!) The hint of black pepper in the smoothie helps to increase the bio-availability of…
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Got That Gut Feeling? What helps to improve gut health
I was so delighted when our nutritionist, Dimitra, announced that we really needed a gut health product in our range. Healing my own gut over the last 5 years or so has been the driver for starting sense* in the first place. Matching this journey with…
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Amanda Hamilton – What Nutritionist, Author and Broadcaster says about Sense*
Amanda Hamilton has been at the forefront of health and nutrition for over 15 years, firstly as a BBC presenter where she was responsible for 8 syndicated series on health topics. She then became a Registered Nutritional Therapist and has built up an international reputation…
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Can you change your lactose tolerance?
As summer nears, our thoughts all too often turn to ice cream. A nice, creamy scoop of ice cream is definitely a favourite treat on a hot summer day. Unfortunately, there are many people who can’t join in the fun because they are lactose intolerant.…
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The Founder’s Gut Health Story
I have read a lot about the gut and how the digestive system works but there is one question that I ask everyone I meet: ‘Do you know how important our digestive system (Gut Health), actually is?’ To understand the answer, we need to start…
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Are You Sabotaging Your Sleep?
Did you know an NHS study reported that only 38% of UK adults are considered ‘good sleepers’? According to the same study, a whopping 30% of us are ‘severely’ sleep deprived. For many of us, it seems like no matter what we do, it’s impossible…
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How Lifestyle Affects Your Genes
Recently, there was a lot of noise in the news surrounding a study that had been published in the esteemed journal Nature Genetics. In this study, researchers had identified a number of genes associated with metabolism and in particular how our bodies regulate and distribute…
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How To Eat Yourself Happy with Fibre
Have you ever experienced the feeling of butterflies in your stomach? Studies indicate that your brain and belly are closely connected and that the health of one affects the other. Doctors and health experts alike have said that the gut is like the body’s second…