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Gut health essentials: Pre & Probiotics
Pre & probiotics both are essential for our gut health but both are entirely different. Prebiotics are the food that promote growth of beneficial gut bacteria while on the other hand probiotics are edible sources that contain health promoting microbes. We are going to discuss both these categories of foods at length. Our gut microbiome
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How to manage your sleep?
We have discussed in detail about biological clock in our earlier blog on circadian rhythm. Sleep plays an important role in maintaining our biological clock. Due to our busy life schedule & unwanted stress, our sleep often gets disrupted. On numerous occasions, we hit our coach for a blissful & peaceful sleep but it gets
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Can gut health determine our athletic performance?
We are generally told that having a high protein diet is essential for building that power or endurance potential. However, we fail to realise that there is something in our body that directly impacts our workout & athletics performance. In Fact our body is not only ours. Our colon holds trillions of microorganisms( bacteria) who
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Foods to combat oxidative stress
Oxidative stress is caused by overproduction of free radicals in the body & reduced amount of antioxidants to combat the oxidation. Free radicals occur as the body converts glucose to energy. However, this is not the only way. There are a lot of environmental factors such as exercise, eating foods cooked with oil at high
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How Gut microbiome & immune system are interconnected?
Our immune system, gut microbiome balance & gut health are interconnected. We generally think that our gut health has a lot to do with our fight with cough & cold, however it is our immune system that strengthens our cold fighting ability. If you are struggling with recurring illness or seem to catch any bacteria
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Why is core important?
We use our core muscles all the time. Core is the centre of gravity where all of your body movements begin. Muscles of the pelvic floor, rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis multifidus, erector spinae, longissimus thoracis, together with the internal and external obliques help in strength & stability of core.However, they are not the only muscles
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Body Toning- Chest
Chest is one the most prominent muscle group that allows you to maintain overall balance. Although a lot of us may think building a large chest is just to show off our physique & is purely aesthetic, having a wide & toned chest helps us to do a variety of exercises with ease. Chest is
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Can cardio increase gut microbiome diversity?
Numerous research reports indicate that physical activity, specifically cardio, is good for our body & gut health. Today we are going to discuss the relationship between cardio & gut microbiome diversity. Microbiome is a bacterial community in our body that performs beneficial functions for us inside our body. In fact, our gut performs a variety
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Gut health & allergy
Gut health & allergies are connected. However allergies should not be misunderstood as intolerances. Both are different. Milk, nuts, soy, fish & wheat are the most prominent food items that cause food allergies & are responsible for almost 90% of reactions. These allergens cause symptoms such as sneezing, blocked nose, watery eyes, swelling, abdomen pain,
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Genetic predisposition to alcohol consumption
Does a small glass of wine make you experience face flushing or a pint of beer gives you a stuffy nose? You probably are intolerant to Alcohol. There is a difference between alcohol intolerance & alcohol allergy. It is the former that causes alcohol flush reaction. Alcohol tolerance is linked to our genetic predisposition to
