Menopause can mess with your mood, your sleep, your temperature regulation, and if that wasn’t enough to make life not fun, menopause can also mess with your gut microbiome. But here’s the good news, correcting the gut microbiome can help immensely with all menopausal symptoms!
Read moreHow to protect your gut health on a budget
Fermented foods eaten regularly, can provide bacteria that helps our mental health, gut health, digestion, and boosts immunity… but eating this healthy all the time is so expensive right?
Can seaweed in our diet help support our hormones?
What if we told you there’s a food source linked to our oceans that helps our hormones, is a rich source of minerals, contains omega three fats, carotenoids and flavonoids (fancy names for compounds that help us combat ageing and disease), protein, even nutrients such as B12 and calcium, and it’s not a fish, it’s a plant!
Read moreCan what we eat make us happier?
Food is pleasure and joy as well as fuel and nutrition. Please note, broccoli, rice, tuna and eggs are wonderful foods. But variety, plenty of different tasty foods, and sharing meals with others, is also where the joy is. And happiness is good for us.
Read moreSuper soup, and why it’s so good for us
Winter and all its wonderful delights – who doesn’t love sitting by an open fire with a good book and a wholesome bowl of nutritious soup?. There are many reasons soup is so good for us, and we’ve got the scoop on why soup is all round the best food not only for nutrition, but for your wallet.
Read moreCan an unhealthy gut microbiome make us crave junk food?
Do you feel tired, unmotivated, sluggish, slightly nauseous, and bloated? Do you constantly have an upset tummy and all you can think about is eating something decadently sweet to help deal to the nausea and boost your mood? Are you frustrated because your trousers are getting tighter? And not just because of bloating, but also from the weight gain after all the sugar you just cannot seem to live without?
Read moreSTRESS AND THE GUT MICRIOBIOME
They say long term chronic stress is almost as bad as smoking, ie it impacts our health negatively, and could even kill us! Quick bursts of stress are helpful: motivating us into action and helping us achieve our day to day goals, but research tells us constant exposure to long term chronic stress creates havoc physically. If left unchecked it can cause disease. Stress hormones flood our body and as our stomach clenches, we stop absorbing nutrients efficiently, and our gut microbiome alters.
Read moreTHE GUT AND BRAIN CONNECTION
Close your eyes briefly and imagine your favourite meal cooked perfectly, and presented to you when you’re absolutely starving. Now imagine taking that first bite….imagine and savour the deliciousness…. Do you feel your mouth start to water?
Read moreMEN'S HORMONE HEALTH AND FERMENTED FOODS
Fermented foods are a wonderful addition to the diet for any age, and for men and women, but let’s look at how they improve men’s hormones.
Read moreVITAMINS - SUPPLEMENTARY OR DIETARY?
Vitamins are an essential need for our bodies, and there are so many of them too! Research suggests there are 13 key vitamins that are most important for our bodies and the top 7 are:
Read moreMEALS WE LOVE TO KRAUTIFY
Finding a recipe you love is always exciting, but nothing quite beats the rush of changing that recipe to be perfect for you. Being the kraut-lovers we are, we’re particularly fond of “krautifying” our meals. That is to say, adding our fermented flare wherever we can! Here are a few of our favourites:
Read more5 WAYS TO EAT OUR SUPER SUPERKRAUT
Getting started eating sauerkraut can be daunting, especially when you aren’t sure what recipes to put it in. Once you figure it out though, you’ll be putting it in everything! These are our 5 favourite recipes to put our Super Superkraut in.
Read moreANTI-INFLAMMATORY EATING
Inflammation is a word we often associate with the negative, but the truth is that when it occurs normally, it does so as a way for the body to fight an attack. Inflammation is an important part of our body’s defense mechanism when it detects an intruder, but it can also occur as a mistake. Our body doesn’t always get it right, and sometimes detects itself as an intruder - kind of a funny mistake to make, except the results are nothing to laugh about!
Read more5 WAYS TO EAT OUR NAKED SAUERKRAUT
Getting started eating sauerkraut can be daunting, especially when you aren’t sure what recipes to put it in. Once you figure it out though, you’ll be putting it in everything! These are our 5 favourite recipes to put our Naked Sauerkraut in.
Read moreTHE FUTURE OF SAUERKRAUT - WHERE CAN THIS ANCIENT DISH GO NEXT IN A MODERN WORLD?
We’ve all been there - our gut is causing noises and discomfort that definitely don’t fit in with the picture of a “happy life”. And it’s true. If we have an upset gut, life can be pretty grey. But that’s not actually what we’re talking about today!
We’ve mentioned the gut-brain link before, and how scientists believe your gut is your second brain. If the gut is the second brain, then it stands to reason that it is a vital part of your mental health and overall happiness. An unhappy gut can cause fatigue, skin problems, poor mental health, and a whole host of other unwanted issues.
Read moreTHE LONG AND COMPLICATED HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF SAUERKRAUT
It can’t be just us who feels like 2020 has truly been a year for the history books? Devastating fires across Australia, rumours of World War 3 after tensions between the US and Iran seemed to reach breaking point, then of course March arrived bringing with it the COVID-19 lockdown, only to be swiftly followed by the Black Lives Matter movement that has swept the US and many other countries.
Read moreHOW TO MAKE SPRING A “FRESH START” FOR THE FINAL STRETCH OF 2020
We’ve all been there - our gut is causing noises and discomfort that definitely don’t fit in with the picture of a “happy life”. And it’s true. If we have an upset gut, life can be pretty grey. But that’s not actually what we’re talking about today!
We’ve mentioned the gut-brain link before, and how scientists believe your gut is your second brain. If the gut is the second brain, then it stands to reason that it is a vital part of your mental health and overall happiness. An unhappy gut can cause fatigue, skin problems, poor mental health, and a whole host of other unwanted issues.
Read more3 TIPS FOR MID-YEAR MINDFULNESS
It can’t be just us who feels like 2020 has truly been a year for the history books? Devastating fires across Australia, rumours of World War 3 after tensions between the US and Iran seemed to reach breaking point, then of course March arrived bringing with it the COVID-19 lockdown, only to be swiftly followed by the Black Lives Matter movement that has swept the US and many other countries.
Read moreFORTIFYING THE BONE WITH FERMENTED FOODS
Here at Living Goodness, informed food choices for a healthier life are at the core of what we do, which is why we love working with science students who can shed more light on the benefits of fermented food. Lilian, here has found evidence that fermented foods have a lot of benefits to bone health - something we hadn’t touched on before. Read her findings in our latest article.
Read moreHOW TO HAVE A HAPPY GUT AND A HAPPY LIFE
We’ve all been there - our gut is causing noises and discomfort that definitely don’t fit in with the picture of a “happy life”. And it’s true. If we have an upset gut, life can be pretty grey. But that’s not actually what we’re talking about today!
We’ve mentioned the gut-brain link before, and how scientists believe your gut is your second brain. If the gut is the second brain, then it stands to reason that it is a vital part of your mental health and overall happiness. An unhappy gut can cause fatigue, skin problems, poor mental health, and a whole host of other unwanted issues.
Read more