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Tara Aitchison is a Naturopathic Nutrition Student, driven to support clients to understand their nutritional needs and transform their diet to work for them not against them.
As part of my final assessments, I am offering nutritional consultations* for a fraction of the price of a qualified nutritionist. I truly believe that nutrition advice should be accessible to everyone and so I am pleased to be able to offer this opportunity.
*As I am not yet qualified, these consultations are overseen by a supervisor.
RECENT Blog Posts
Want to know more about gut health and nutrition?
The Microbiome- Gut- Brain axis
The gut-brain axis navigates the complex signalling between the brain and the gut to maintain homeostasis in the body. It helps to explain the impact of our mental health on our physical and vice versus. More recently, the influence of the gut microbiota on this axis has become an topic of interest and may provide some evidence as to why what we eat is so important for our mental as well as our physical health..
THE HUMAN SUPERORGANISM: A SUMMARY
Do you know that we carry more microbial genes than mammalian genes? The millions of microbes live within us serve very important roles in our immunity, mood, digestion, metabolism among many other functions. This is known are our microbiome. Dr Dietert’s book ‘The human superorganism: How the microbiome is revolutionising the pursuit of a healthy life' breaks down the science behind the microbiome and its impact in modern medicine and disease.
FOOD PROCESSING: WHATS THE PROBLEM?
Unless you are eating raw vegetables you personally harvested from your back garden you are probable eating processed foods. Processing methods have been used for years to improve safety and shelf life of foods but through the years, the degree of processing have become extensive creating Ultra-processed foods. Around 50-60% of our diet is now ultra-processed. These foods have detrimental effects to our long term here.
Create a sustainable healthy lifestyle with these tasty new recipes..
Newest Recipe
Probiotic cranberry and pistachio cashew ‘cheese’
