Insulin is the hormone that keeps your blood sugar from going too high. When you think about blood sugar you may think blood tests, doctor's visits, pregnancy or perhaps that blood sugar is not really a problem for you. However there are 1 million Australians currently battling type 2 diabetes and perhaps even scarier, a … Continue reading Hormone Series: Insulin
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Professional Women & Working Mums: Grab my FREE Burnout Recovery Guide. The parasympathetic nervous system "Feed and breed", "rest and digest", call it what you want but this nervous system is responsible for most of the good things in life! Under the influence of the parasympathetic nervous system our heart rates are slow and our … Continue reading Enter Relax Mode
Professional Women & Working Mums: Grab my FREE Burnout Recovery Guide. Grace* was seemingly healthy and at the perfect time in her life to have a baby with her partner. She spent close to two years trying, seeing different doctors, going through a barrage of tests and was preparing for IVF. And then she changed … Continue reading How Chronic Stress Affects Our Health – And Our Weight
Professional Women & Working Mums: Grab my FREE Burnout Recovery Guide. I recently read a cry for help on a forum - a pregnant woman had been suffering from the flu and then bronchitis for 8 weeks and despite taking antibiotics her illness wasn’t shifting. The responses came in thick and fast - probiotics, vitamin … Continue reading How to Support Your Immune System – Part 1