By the time you have a disease which has been given a name and label in Western medicine, you have most likely missed out on years, even decades, where you could have been treating it, reducing its impact or even possibly preventing it altogether.  Disease doesn’t...

In our busy lives, yoga is the perfect way of calming and strengthening body and mind – but you might find that you haven’t quite gelled with the practice because you’ve been doing the wrong type of yoga, or positions, that just don’t suit your particular body...

Author and scientist Giulia Enders has become renowned for her charming way of talking about the gut, and also promoting the importance of gut health. The 27-year old, who wrote the New York Times best-seller Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated...

Serves 1-2 Ingredients: • 1 zucchini cut into 2cm pieces • 1 cup pumpkin cut into 2cm cubes • 5-6 yellow button squash cut into quarters • ½ cooked beetroot diced into 2cm cubes • ½ small head broccoli cut into florets • Salt and pepper to taste • Olive oil  ...

Gastroenterologists traditionally say that the digestion of food, passing through your digestive tract, takes anywhere from 24 to 72 hours. In Ayurveda we place great importance on the subtle digestion as this affects all health, as well as longevity, appearance and...

It’s difficult to be healthy without a healthy gut – it’s that simple. The health of your gastrointestinal system is going to impact overall well-being. The gut is responsible for how your digestive and immune systems work as good bacteria in your stomach...

Every wondered why summertime is all about salad, watermelon, ice teas and fresh seafood on the barbeque? Come winter nothing is as attractive as curling up by the fire with a warm, nourishing soup or stew? While we naturally think of the seasons as summer, autumn,...

Serves 1-2 Ingredients: • 1 fennel bulb • 8-10 baby carrots • 1/3 butternut squash • Olive oil to drizzle • ¼ cup fresh chopped rosemary • 2 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves • 1 tablespoon salt Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. 2. Trim and cut the fennel bulb into...

Symptoms of a hormone imbalance are often vague, misdiagnosed or ignored – particularly in men who are less likely to get help for their medical concerns. We’re seeing a lot more males with hormone issues and this affects their testosterone, sex drive and mental...

If you’ve been gaining weight, but you’re not quite sure why, your mood seems to swings from highs back down to lows day to day, it’s hard to get out of bed in the morning, your muscles are aching (but not from exercise), your hair feels thin and brittle and when you...