These bliss balls aren’t just a tasty snack – they’re designed to give your gut microbes a little love. The nuts, seeds, and fruits inside are rich in soluble fibre, which acts like fuel for your beneficial bacteria. When these microbes ferment soluble fibre, they produce short-chain fatty acids such as butyrate, which keep your gut lining healthy, support your immune system, and even help regulate inflammation. We’ve also loaded these balls with ingredients high in ellagic acid (from berries and nuts) and other polyphenols (like those found in green tea or cacao). These plant compounds act as powerful antioxidants and are metabolised by gut bacteria into smaller, bioactive compounds that benefit not only the gut, but also brain, heart, ...
Gut Health: How to have a rockin’ microbiome
How many plant foods have you eaten this week? The power of plants can’t be ignored and why would we, plants are delicious and provide so many nutrients for multiple functions in our body. This blog I’m chatting about gut health or more specifically the gut microbiome and how plants are the key to a rockin' microbiome. Am I suggesting vegan, no. Including animal proteins in the diet have incredible benefits for overall health, however, the plant foods should always be the hero of the plate. This is plant-based eating, plants are the shining heros! What is the microbiome? "A microbiome is the community of micro-organisms living together in a particular habitat”. We often hear about the gut microbiome (it’s a hot topic!), ...
Citrus Gut Gummies
Citrus Gut Gummies The benefits of these gummies are they are made on gelatin. Gelatin, contains amino acids, in fact, the same amino acids as collagen just with a different chemical structure. Gelatin contains proline, glycine and glutamine, to name a few. These amino acids are beneficial for collagen production, tissue and cartilage repair, healthy gut lining and can also help with sleep quality. Ingredients 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice8 tbsp grass-fed gelatin Instructions Place juice in a saucepan and gently heat on low heatSprinkle 1 tablespoon at a time onto the juice as it is heatingStir until gelatin has completely dissolvedPour into a silicone ice cube trayPlace in freezer ...
Is your Microbiome affecting your Athletic Performance?
What is the Gut Microbiome? The gastrointestinal microbiome/microbiota or gut microbiome is the microbes that reside in the intestines and can weigh up to 2 kilograms. The microbiome starts at birth from contact with the mother’s vagina and from skin contact in the following three to five days and then builds from the food the infant consumes and the environment they come into contact with. The microbiome stabilises from around the age of three years and evolves with age and food diversity. The microbiome consists of over 1000 species of bacteria which is over 3 million genes, this is 150 times more than the human genome! What makes it so special is approximately 1/3 of the microbiome is common to the general population, however 2/3 ...
