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Tips to increasing your iron levels

Eating baby spinach and an orange a day improves absorption of iron and gives you more energy. Eat both food products in one day for

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Your healthy gut

A healthy gut allows food to travel through the intestines with ease. Only tiny nutrients such as Vitamin C and Zinc, diffuse through the gut

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Type 2 Diabetes

Definition Type 2 Diabetes is a progressive disease whereby too much glucose (sugar) is in your blood. Glucose comes from food you eat such as

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Why drink more green tea?

Drinking green tea between meals is a beverage of choice. The primary compound found in green tea is called polyphenolic catechins. Chatechins are stronger than

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Adrenalin and the fight against fat

Adrenalin is your acute stress hormone and drives the ‘flight or fight’ response and communicates to every cell in your body that you need fuel,

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Fructose and burning fuel

The body cannot use fructose as fuel. Fructose must be changed into glucose first. Fructose is found in many processed foods, therefore when fructose is

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Nut butters a high source of protein

Nuts butters are a great option for adding more protein to your diet. Nut butters are a high source of protein, helping to increase your

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Sugar and our energy

10% of our total energy intake should come from free sugars, which are your honey’s, fruit juice, vegetable juices, milk and extract syrups. Reduce this

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The thyroid gland

The thyroid gland is a butterfly shaped gland that sits in your throat area. It ensures our hormones function properly and it plays an enormous

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Citrimax

Citimax is a natural plant product from the fruit of the Carcin Cambogia, and is rich in Citric Acid. It has been proven that foods

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Carrots and pumpkin

Carrots are good for our eyes, but pumpkin is just as good, and placed together with parsley, which is a good source of iron, we

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Be in the know with Frooze Ball snacks

Frooze Balls are a high-energy snack, which are essentially fats, although made from natural wholefood sources. Be aware that a packet of 5 frooze balls,

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Cut down on inflammation in our bodies

Toxins we hear the term all the time! How often we hear ‘build up of toxins in the body are bad’, ‘we must flush toxins

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Boost your health

The lunch you eat, boost your system and gain more of an energy boost; eat more broccoli! Did you know? Cooking broccoli destroys the enzyme

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Rockmelon

Rockmelon is one of our great sweet treats – this fantastic fruit mixed with apples and dark chocolate is a great way to satisfy your

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Genetics and fat

If your parents are on the heavier, more weighty side, you run a higher risk of following in their footsteps. There is a genetic predisposition

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Why drink water after exercise?

Fight fat and acid build up in the body; flush the kidneys. Kidneys: The rate at which the kidneys filter blood can change depending on

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Zinc

Zinc increases your immunity; is good for your hair, skin and nails. It also helps your body to get rid of any toxins, by processing

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Eggs

Keep eating eggs – great on the pocket, easy to digest and quick for a snack to fight the sugar cravings. In a hurry in

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Good health, it all begins in the gut!

What you feed your body through, what goes into your mouth and through your stomach is the main source of who how you feel and

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Apples

There is more to apples than simply cleaning our teeth and gums… An apple or apple juice is a great drink for when you are