Cleanse & Rejuvenate
January 2, 2012 by Ange
How would you like to start the year feeling energised, clear headed, less bloated and with clear skin? Then maybe our Cleanse & Rejuvenating programme is for you? For more details, download the information sheet below
Cleanse & Rejuvenate Programme
Angela Walker is a London based Nutritional Therapist with clinics at Triyoga London and Notting Hill. For [...]
Shop til you drop for fabulous foods
June 7, 2011 by Ange
Take a look at the new shop from Fabulous Nutrition where you can pick up some fabulous ingredients as recommended in our recipes and meal ideas. Organic coconut oil, delicious oils, lecithin granules and pumpkin seed butter are all available. We’ll be adding more soon, including healthy protein powders and some delicious gluten free breads [...]
The future of personalised Nutrition
March 29, 2011 by Ange
The term Nutrigenomics refers to the effect of components in food on our gene expression. Many believe this will be the future of personalised nutrition and this funky little tool provides an interactive guide to the history of nutrigenomics.
A short history of nutrigenomics
Pamper Evening at Special Yoga Centre
January 18, 2011 by Ange
This Friday we’re going to be at the Special Yoga centre in Queens Park for their Pamper Evening. Angela Walker will be offering 15 minute ‘taster’ nutrition consultations and we’ll be selling some healthy snacks and foods and selected supplements.
If you want to improve your diet contact nutrition expert Angela Walker through the book appointment [...]
There’s a whole world living in your gut
January 16, 2011 by Ange
The MetaHIT project is undertaking the biggest census of the bugs living inside our guts. The European study has taken samples from 124 subjects; a mixture of healthy, overweight and people suffering with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and identified the genes of the intestinal microbials (mainly bacteria) by DNA stretches.
The results are pretty impressive. They’ve [...]
The Times love nutrition at Jiva Healing
January 14, 2011 by Ange
Jiva Healing was once again named one of the top places to detox by The Times. Jiva featured in their review of 21 spa and retreat holidays earlier this month “The sessions on nutrition are exceptionally good”.
Angela Walker will be offering nutrition sessions at Jiva Healing retreats to Turkey in June 2011 and at the [...]
The Diabetes Gut Link
November 16, 2010 by Ange
Our understanding of the role of the microorganisms in the gut (also known as microbiota) is growing by the day.
A study published earlier this year looked at the microbial mass of diabetic and healthy populations and found that the level of Bifidobacterium species were significantly lower in the diabetic group [1]
What we eat affects the [...]
Cellular Rhythm and Dance of Life
November 5, 2010 by Ange
Ever wondered just what goes on inside the body? These incredible animations from Harvard University bring to life the incredible processes and interactions of our cells to life.
Narrated by Jeff Bland PhD as part of the IFM Symposium earlier this year, this little piece of film goes right to the heard of the functional medicine [...]
What’s the evidence for Nutrition?
October 20, 2010 by Ange
“Where’s the evidence based research for nutrition?” is a pretty fair question that we definitely have an answer to, it’s just that the standard of evidence for drugs and medication doesn’t really lend itself to nutrition. The big randomised control trials (RCT’s) are ideal for measuring the effect of a single intervention (drug) on a [...]
Want to know what Mercury does to your brain?
August 12, 2010 by Ange
Recent posts have mentioned the reasons for avoiding mercury, the heavy metal which finds it’s way into our bodies from food (especially fish), water (it’s been found in tap water) and silver fillings. This video from the University of Calgary shows you exactly what damage the mercury does to our brain cells (neurons). It’s full [...]