Considering a gut microbiome test to improve your health and wellbeing?
Have you considered exploring your digestive health through a gut microbiome test? At Healthy Herts Nutrition, we take gut health very seriously. If you’re looking to better understand how your diet may be affecting your gut—and in turn, how your gut health influences the rest of your body—we offer tools to help you gain insights and address your health using …
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I bet you know your BMI… but do you know your WHR?
What is WHR? WHR stands for Waist-to-Hip Ratio Health wise – metrics have moved on since the BMI (Body Mass Index) tool was developed. It’s now known that the BMI tool misses those people with regular weight to height ratio but who carry extra weight around their middle – called central adiposity – which carries a higher chance of dying …
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Are you getting enough Vitamin D? (Updated)
As a nutritional therapist, lots of people ask me about Vitamin D. So what’s all the fuss about? Well, people are right to be concerned – especially at this time of year (Sept to March). In the winter, we cannot synthesise Vitamin D (known as cholecalciferol) from sun exposure. This is because in the UK we don’t get adequate sun. And …
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