Boosting our immune system has rarely felt more urgent, but beyond eating more oranges and hoping for the best, what else can we do? Wash your hands religiously for 20 seconds, sneeze into your elbow, avoid touching your face, stay 1.5 metres away from all other people and, as a last resort, self-quarantine for 14 days with only your emergency rations for company. If you want to avoid getting ills and chills, all of these are a good idea. But ultimately, one of the most important things standing between you and a cold is your immune system. As well as protecting yourself from the bugs on the outside, you can also build up your defences from the inside by strengthening your immune system. One thing that you can control immediately is the health of the trillions of microbes living in your gut, collectively known as the microbiome. Recent research has shown that the gut microbiome plays a…
With every bite of food you take, you can change your gut flora. But in the modern diet we tend to overfeed the bad guys. To put it simply, ‘bad’ bacteria tend to feed on sugar and unhealthy fats (yes, I’m talking about junk food!). The single most important nutrient that good bacteria need to thrive inside you is fibre. There are still steps you can take to restore your gut flora: Whole plant foods are your bodies main source of fibre Vegetables Fruit Wholegrains Beans and legumes Nuts and seeds Consider taking a probiotic supplement. Try New Image™ Alpha Lipid™ Lifeline™. This delicious shake is designed to support complete upper and lower digestive health. When you have plenty of fibre your gut can do its job – your digestion, mental function, even your mood will reap the benefits. We’ve talked about increasing the GOOD, but now we also need to el…
Most health advice can be boiled down to simple behaviours, like eating a balanced diet, exercising and getting good sleep. Many of us are staying indoors more than normal, which has probably thrown a spanner into the works trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle. We’ve created a guide to keep you healthy while cooped up inside. Like most of you, as our normal routines were being flipped upside down and the necessity of coping with a new ‘normal’ was setting in, we’ve been looking for ways to stay healthy, informed … and sane. You achieve good immune health by taking Alpha Lipid Lifeline and through a balanced diet, proper hydration, restful sleep, regular exercise, and stress-control. Your immune system must be strong enough to fight off invading microbes. Nutrition: First and foremost, make sure you are drinking plenty of water, regardless of your diet. Just because you're stuck inside …
When we think about bacteria, we automatically think about the bad stuff. The bacteria in hospitals, on playgrounds, on a supermarket trolley. They have a reputation for causing disease, so the idea of tossing down a few billion a day for your health might seem, literally, hard to swallow. It’s not often that bacteria are seen in a positive light. We often forget about the good bacteria and the importance of a probiotic. There are so many benefits to taking a daily probiotic for your gut health, and it goes far beyond just improving digestion. There are also symptoms you might not even realise that are associated with gut health. Taking care of your gut goes hand in hand with your overall health. .flexipost h2, .flexipost h3, .flexipost h4, .breadcrumbs .bread-current, .flexipost strong, .flexipost b, .bullet_list::before, .number_list:first-letter, .product_showcase_bt { colo…
So why then, do we suffer from disease and illness? To be honest, in most cases it’s not a design fault of the body but much more likely a result of our environment – that is things such as diet, lifestyle, daily habits, increased stress, poor sleep, pollution, suboptimal nutrients in modern foods and lack of regular physical activity.
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Good digestive health means the food we eat is broken down efficiently, used by our bodies to produce energy or removed as waste which brings us to one of the less savoury topics of digestive health – bowel irregularity and discomfort. Many people experience these on a regular basis and it can be both inconvenient and embarrassing.
It is estimated that in the United States alone, 42 million people are affected and in many Europ…
