Do’s & Don’ts for a Healthy Immune System

With the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, many people are concerned about staying healthy and maintaining a healthy immune system. Doing so can benefit your body and boost your defenses against viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens. In this article we outline the “Don’t” and “Do’s” of boasting your immune system to help your body stay strong…

Smoothie Builder

As the days get warmer, a smoothie can be a great refreshing snack or meal replacement. There are so many different foods that can get hidden into a smoothie, when I was in Morocco years ago I saw avocado in a smoothie and thought that was crazy, now I am not just a massive fan…

Environmental and health benefits of going meat free

September Spring Clean Your Eating: Week Three If we really want to reduce the human impact on the environment, the simplest and cheapest thing anyone can do is to eat less meat. Behind most of the joints of beef or chicken on our plates is a phenomenally wasteful, land- and energy-hungry system of farming…

How to reduce inflammation in your body

September Spring Clean Your Eating: Week Two Inflammation is a vital part of the immune system’s response to injury and infection. It is the body’s way of signalling the immune system to heal and repair damaged tissue, as well as defend itself against foreign invaders, such as viruses and bacteria. Without inflammation as a physiological…

8 Fluids that Nurture your Body – Spring Clean your Eating Habits

September is about bringing awareness to your eating (and drinking!) habits. As mentioned, the best place to start is by keeping a daily journal of what you are consuming including beverages. Don’t try to make any changes straight away, at first just reflect. Your body is made up of 50-75% water, let us start with…

What is Fasting?

As its name implies, intermittent fasting involves eating nothing for extended periods of time. Fasting is a natural phenomenon for most animals, because food is not always readily available. In times of hardship, certain metabolic changes occur to allow the body to adapt. As a result, humans evolved to be able to function without…

4 Healthy Ways to Substitute Carbs

If you are anything like me you would have over-indulged a little over the summer and now it feels like time for a detox. Having a diet filled with less processed and starchy carbs is one way I like to detox. Here are 4 nutritious easy ways to substitute some everyday carbs. 1. Cauliflower for…

Five Top Tips on Detoxing to Decrease Pain

At Chiropractic Balance we know that to get to the core of your health issues and eliminate pain, we may need to peel back multiple layers. For many of us with nagging aches, one of those layers can be toxicity of our digestive system & liver causing chronic inflammation and pain.

Real Life Story of Dr Roz Detoxing

‘Is it really good for you’ or ‘it sounds good I couldn’t do that’ are the two most common responses I get when I say I’m doing a detox. So why would you do a detox? It’s basically a complete spring clean of the entire digestion system, a system that works hard every single time…

WINTER BONE BROTH

Your grandma was not wrong about chicken soup! Being this time of year again in the windy capital I thought it would be perfect to introduce to you a favourite winter super food of mine-bone broth!

Bone broths contain high amounts of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and amino acids.

Why would I need bone broth in my life?