Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Use Soy sparingly
Soy has been touted as a health food for many years. Unfortunately, there are potential negatives associated with high soy intake.
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.
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Add nuts and seeds to meals
Nuts and seeds add vitamins, minerals, essential fats and protein to meals.
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Use macadamia, hemp, and olive oils as dressings
Macadamia, hemp and olive oils are all great options for healthy fats that can be added to meals.
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Cook with ghee, olive or coconut oil
Ghee, butter and coconut are very heat resistant and are the best options for cooking or baking.
How to Improve Your Sleep
An evidence-based guide to getting the zzz’s that you need…
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Limit common (seed) oils in cooking
When you cook with common seed oils like safflower, sunflower and canola, they may break down and become damaged…
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.
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Eat kumara and yams as priority carbs
Kumara and yams are first-choice carbs!
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Avoid ‘low-fat’ foods
Don’t buy into the low-fat hype!
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 […]
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Vegetarian? Watch those extra carbs!
Even if you’re not vegetarian or vegan, you may tend to really ‘load up’ your plate with carb foods like rice.
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 […]
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Avoid most breakfast cereals
General rule: avoid breakfast cereals.
The Value of Small, Consistent Improvements
Doing too much too soon can sabotage your results. On the other hand, making small, consistent improvements can yield big results over the long-term
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Replace grains with vegetables
Put more veggies on your plate!
Cliff and Mikki Talk Holistic Wellness (swapcast)
Cliff chats with nutritionist and researcher Dr Mikki Williden about how to achieve *actual* holistic wellness
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Avoid ‘white’ carbohydrates
‘White’ carbs like pasta, bread and potatoes, are staples for many…but a friend to the waistline for few!