Gut Health & Hormone Balance

The gut is important for the metabolism and excretion of steroid hormones and also helps to modulate hormone balance in other ways.

Can Gut Health Affect Blood Pressure?

The health of the gut influences overall health and many health conditions and compelling evidence suggests a role for the gut and microbiome in regulating blood pressure.

Gut Issues! The Carb-Appropriate Review [Part One]

Issue 7-8 | Volume 2 | July-August 2020 In this issue There’s a lot to digest in this month’s issue! (Pun intended.) So, we’ve separated it into two parts; Part 1 [July]: An Introduction to Gut Health The Gut and Mental Health The Gut and Sleep The Gut and Skin Health Part 2 [August]: Gut […]

The Effects of the Gut on Skin Health

The interplay between the health of the gut and skin is well known. In this article, Cliff delves into the research on the gut microbiome and skin conditions.

Gut Health & Sleep

Sleep affects health and the gut and these also affect sleep! In this article, Cliff summarises the research on the gut and sleep.

The Gut-Brain-Health Connection

The health of the gut and the brain are so closely linked that people sometimes now refer to the gut as the ‘second brain’. In this article, Cliff summarises the research on the gut and mental health.

Intro to Gut Health

Gut health is an extremely popular topic in health. In this article, Cliff introduces the foundations of gut health.

The Sleep Issue: The Carb-Appropriate Review

Review of how to improve sleep

Issue 6 | Volume 2 | June 2020 In this issue: ???? How does SLEEP impact HEALTH? ???? How does SLEEP impact DIET? ???? An evidence-backed GUIDE with TIPS on how to IMPROVE it! Articles The Effects of Sleep on Health Sleep has a complex relationship with health. In this review, Dr Cliff Harvey explores […]

The Effects of Sleep on Health

The effects of sleep on health

Sleep has a complex relationship with health. In this review, Dr Cliff Harvey explores the effects of poor sleep on health, and of poor health on sleep.

The Effects of Exercise on Immunity

It is widely accepted that exercise improves health and is, by extension, a valuable contributor to proper immune functioning and resistance to infection. However, excessive exercise is a stressor that can dampen immune functions and as a result, over-training can lead to increased rates of infection with colds and flu-like viruses, a situation commonly seen […]

The Effects of Stress on Immunity

Stress has an undeniable and large effect on health and is a less commonly discussed, but extremely important part of encouraging the greatest human resilience and resistance to infections. A systematic review of 56 studies showed that stress had a significant impact on measures of immunity (reduced natural killer cell activity, NK and T cell […]

The Effects of Sleep on Immunity

It is likely that sleeping too little, or having poor sleep, and possibly sleeping too long impact immunity. There are strong associations between sleep length and quality and a range of long-term health outcomes, such as1: Diabetes mellitus Hypertension Cardiovascular diseases Coronary heart diseases Obesity Over 70 studies featuring more than 50000 participants have evaluated […]

The Immunity Issue: The Carb-Appropriate Review

Issue 5 | Volume 2 | May 2020 In this issue: The Carb-Appropriate Research Review goes all-in on IMMUNITY; auto-immunity, the auto-immune protocol diet (AKA ‘AIP’), and how your immune system is affected by stress, sleep and exercise. Featured article All About: Immunity Immunity is a hot topic right now but many claims simply aren’t […]

All About: Auto-Immunity

What is ‘autoimmunity’? And what does the evidence tell us about treating autoimmune conditions with diet and lifestyle?

All About: Immunity

Immunity is a hot topic right now but many claims simply aren’t backed by evidence.
So, how can we support our innate immunity?