Bristol stool chart
The Bristol Stool scale is a useful reference tool for assessing what is going on in the bowel.
25 November 2023
Health
How to manage an autoimmune condition
Discover effective ways to manage an autoimmune condition.
16 October 2023
The far-reaching health consequences of excess body fat
Excess body fat is not really about looks, it’s about health.
23 August 2023
Understanding Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) affects an increasing number of people as life gets overloaded and stressful. But how do you manage it?
15 August 2023
Recharge and Renew: Understanding the Restorative Powers of Sleep
There is so much more to sleep than most of us imagine. Skimping on it can have serious physiological consequences.
10 April 2023
The importance of magnesium for your health: 9 benefits, sources, and supplements
Learn about the benefits of magnesium, its food sources, and the potential benefits of magnesium supplements. Nuush always takes a food-first approach.
12 March 2023
Glycation or ‘sugar coating your bits’
Glycation is a process that sugar-coats proteins in your body, resulting in damaging advanced glycation end products. Read more about how and what happens.
28 February 2023
Are supplements better than food?
Is it better to eat real food or take nutritional supplements? A food-first approach is always a good grounding.
25 February 2023
Diet for diabetes – does it make any difference?
Does diet for diabetes make any difference? Learn about diabetes, why it happens and how diet and lifestyle make a difference.
15 November 2022
Bowel cancer risk factors and symptoms
There are around 43,000 cases of bowel cancer each year in the UK and 54% of those are deemed preventable. Action against risk factors and awareness of symptoms could save so many lives.
3 June 2022
Food, fat, fear and feelings
Issues around food and body image are rife and deep-rooted but there is a way out of those feelings.
8 February 2022
Metabolic syndrome
Have you heard of metabolic syndrome? Even though it’s quite an obscure name for a health condition it’s fairly prevalent and becoming moreso.
23 August 2021
Stress response
Human bodies are designed to respond to stress in a number of physiological ways. But the stress they’re designed for is short-lived stress like sprinting across a road to avoid being run over, not continued stress of overwork, bad relationships and similar.
15 August 2021
IBS, stress and the gut-brain connection
IBS is a prevalent condition in the developed world with 10-15% of people world wide suffering its symptoms and about 1 in 3 people in the UK, twice as many women as men.
25 March 2021
Doughnuts and DNA – is there a connection?
Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics. How what we eat can affect our genes.
19 February 2021
Detox
Thinking that a detox diet or juice cleanse is all you need to rid you of toxins and fat? Not so fast. Learn how awesome your body is with simple good food, sleep and activity.
9 February 2021
Nuush’s hunger and fullness scale
Calorie counting is a bore, it takes the joy out of eating and makes a ton of stress. Get back in touch with just knowing when you’re hungry and when you’re full.
8 September 2020
Omega-6 and omega-3 foods
Omega-6 tends to get all the attention. Get the balance between your omegas right by eating plenty of omega-3 foods.
29 February 2020
Nuush’s portion size guide
Instead of living with the bore of weighing food, counting points or calories and tapping everything you eat into a phone you can use nature’s custom-designed tool – your hands!
8 January 2020
Turmeric. Is it a wonder spice?
Turmeric is an orange-coloured spice often used in Indian cooking. The powder comes from the root of the turmeric plant and people have eaten it for thousands of years as well as using it for medicine and as a dye.
1 October 2019
Is veganism healthy?
2017 was huge for veganism and 2018 will likely see even more people turning to a purely plant-based diet. So is a vegan diet healthy, is it ethical and what should you know before making the change?
22 July 2019
What’s the truth about alcohol and health?
Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol can lead to a horrible range of health issues, some very serious. They include: hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, mental health disorders,
10 June 2019
Cholesterol – know your HDL from your LDL
Cholesterol is a vital substance that exists in the body without us even eating any! When it comes to your health, you need to know your HDL from your LDL.
3 June 2019
Health at any size
Is ‘health at any size’ correct? Many factors affect health beyond a person’s size. Stress, smoking, alcohol and more all need to be taken into account.
24 April 2019
What is Calcium?
Calcium is essential for living. We store an impressive 1kg of it in our bodies. Did you know that there is as much calcium in plants as there is in dairy?
15 April 2019
Families – how much should adults and children eat?
Well the answer really is “As much as stops them being hungry and not enough to make them feel overfull.” But if you’re looking at energy amounts then (approximately) the average male will need about 2,500 calories, females 2,000 calories a day – this is reduced slightly when aiming for fat loss.
26 March 2019
The thyroid
Despite its diminutive size the thyroid has a huge amount of control over the way the body works. Feeding it with iodine-rich food is good for your health.
25 March 2019
Mums and our health
Mums play a vital role in their children’s physicality and health. Not just through genes but through how they ate during pre-maternal years and pregnancy.
19 March 2019
Health benefits of olive oil
Are you wondering if the health benefits of olive oil are real? They are! And furthermore certain health claims are proven by reliable studies.
2 March 2019
Effects of alcohol
When considering the effects of alcohol on the body I’ve been saying the same thing for years: there is no safe level of alcohol.
27 August 2018
