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Put your hand up if you struggle with anxiety, depression and other mental health disorders. Well, if your hand is up, that’s because 13% of the world’s population (+-970 million people) have mental health disorders, and the numbers seem to be rising exponentially.  Did you know? Anxiety is the most common mental illness in the world, affecting 284 million people. (Our World in Data, 2018) Globally, mental illness affects more females (11.9%) than males (9.3%). (Our World in Data, 2018) Sufferers experience changes in mood, thinking and behavior, resulting in life being a lot more difficult to navigate than those without any mental health conditions. As professionals research the cause and effect of mental illness, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that...

Are you thinking of diving into the ever-elusive ‘weight-loss journey’?One tends to think of this pain staking journey involving rabbit food with no flavour, hours in the gym and taking supplements using ingredients we can’t even pronounce. We can all agree that that approach is extreme and more often than not, unsustainable. Creating a cycle of disordered eating, guilt and disappointment. The world is eager to find a new approach to weight loss, emphasising the enjoyment of the process and the ability to find balance in your body so it can easily and efficiently digest food and absorb nutrients. If you have a gut feeling something is hindering you from losing as much weight as you would like to, you could be...