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Getting Ready For Baby!
Pregnancy is an exciting, life changing and often scary time for most parents. With so much going on inside of you, (even more than the little one(s) growing) your focus shifts to the health and […]
What’s the Buzz Around Probiotics for the Microbiome?
It seems in the last few months that there has been an explosion of media interest around our gut microbiome and how probiotics – good bacteria – influence our health. We now know that we […]
How could probiotics help you through winter ills?
Probiotics may not be the first thing you think about when looking for winter immunity support, however they play a vital role in keeping us healthy during the “ills and chills” season. Probiotics are beneficial […]
Good bugs?! Is there such a thing?!
We are used to thinking of bugs as being a problem; we wash our hands to clean off the bugs, we avoid sick people so we don’t catch their bugs, but now there are nutritional […]
Probiotics Helping with Gut Infections
Spring is here which means summer is just around the corner. It is not normally a time people associate with a lowered immune system, however while colds and flus may diminish, the gut can still […]
Horopito for digestive health
The bugs that live in your gut are now widely recognised as being essential not only for the health of the gut itself, but for wider good health. The so called gut “microbiome” (the sum […]
Probiotics and Prebiotics – what’s the difference?
In terms of digestive health prebiotics and probiotics are often recommended, but it can be confusing to understand what they are and why both are necessary. Let’s start with the easy one, probiotics, as most […]
BLISful Mouth – New Zealand’s oral probiotic discovery!
From a ground-breaking 30 year microbiology research project lead by Professor John Tagg at New Zealand’s University of Otago, the world’s first oral probiotic supplements have been developed to specifically promote and maintain a healthy […]
Probiotics for babies
The genesis of the gut microbiota The digestive system of our little ones (like ours) is home to trillions of gut bacteria with the exact makeup as unique as our fingerprints. These bacteria influence gastrointestinal […]
When is fermented food better than fresh?
When it comes to enjoying a meal, the general rule of thumb is that the fresher the ingredients are, the better. However, there are some advantages to stepping out of your comfort zone and trying […]
