Happiness Health

Happiness Health

Is Eating Alone Making You Sick?

If you are like most busy professionals you may find yourself eating alone quite frequently. Recently, researchers found that eating alone changed the quality of food that people chose to eat. This could actually be having a negative effect on your health and it’s time to step back and take stock. As a huge proponent of community, socialisation and mental…

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The 4 Steps to Beating Depression

What impact is depression having around the world? Depressive disorders are common mental disorders that occur in people across all world regions and of all ages. So, how big of a problem is it? Well, from the 2013 article “Burden of Depressive Disorders by Country, Sex, Age, and Year“, which is based on the results of the Global Burden of…

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The Daily Mail finally got it right!

STOP THE PRESSES! Sometimes when I read about nutrition advice posted in the news, I have to cringe at the advice given. It’s often given by people who have very little training, are not up to date on the latest research, or who have cherry picked what they liked from what they read. We need to understand that it’s not…

Fermented Foods/Happiness Health

Autism and Poo Transplants

Studies on autism show promise In a study published in 2017 on autism, it was found that a different approach to treatment may lower symptoms commonly experienced by patients. Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often suffer gastrointestinal (GI) problems, such as constipation or diarrhea. Often, how severe the GI symptoms are, relate to how extreme the ASD symptoms are….

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Leaky Gut and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Exploring the link between gut health and ASD A recent review, published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, found that children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) were more prone to have certain digestive issues. Author Megan R Santuary and her colleagues are urging researchers to perform more experimental and clinical research on children with these disorders to aid in individual…

Fermented Foods/Happiness Health

Adventures in Sourdough

The last month or so I’ve been delving back into making sourdough. Or rather I should say I’ve gotten back into attempting sourdough. Several years ago, I looked online and tried to make a sourdough starter and somehow couldn’t make it work. I know. It’s easy. Says everyone. Still, I didn’t get it. Why do you have to throw loads…

Fermented Foods/Happiness Health

Kimchi Fermentation Workshops

Kimchi + a Surprise Ferment If you’ve wanted to learn how to ferment foods (and why) then join this workshop. Looking for a gift for a friend, but not sure what? Take a lazy weekend day and turn it into a fun afternoon! You’ll get to take home a pot of your own kimchi and recipe booklet. Here’s what you’ll…

Happiness Health/Healthy Recipes

Dragon Ballz: The Best Protein Balls Recipe

To defend your health against evil! Just as Goku defended the earth against evil, so will these Dragon Energy Ballz defend your health against blood sugar lows. Loaded with protein, some healthy fats and fibre, just pop a few of these for a snack and you are set until lunch! Evil loses and your health prevails! Super easy to make,…

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How to Build Habits That Stick

I am a failure at making habits Recently, I was contacted by a client who was feeling overwhelmed. They hadn’t been able to follow everything in the programme that we had discussed and were feeling guilty about it. They hadn’t gotten into good habits and were worried that they had let me down. Feeling disappointed that they hadn’t done it…