Archive for March 2019
You are what you eat – healthy recipes for seniors
The human gut is home to trillions of microbes or ‘good bacteria’. The food that we eat everyday feeds these microbes or microbiota and therefore what we eat can influence the health of our gut. Foods that are high in fibre, particularly resistant starch, support a healthy gut. Potato, sweet potato, legumes and beans as…
Read MoreLiving with rheumatoid arthritis
Associate Professor Therese O’Sullivan, an accredited practicing dietician and lecturer at Edith Cowan University, recently shared some helpful tips with us, for those living with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis, also known as RA, is the second most common arthritis after osteoarthritis. It affects more women than men, and is most likely to start at…
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