immunity Archives - Gisborne Health Essentials

Jun

Slow Cooker Recipes for Better Health During the Cooler Seasons

How to support your immunity, gut health & more with these simple recipes.

During the cooler months warming, easy-to-digest foods like soups and stews can help warm us up and serve as an easy way to pack a nutrient dense punch to our meals. Ensuring we are getting enough protein to keep our immune system fighting off all the bugs that come our way is important during the winter months. We wanted to share 3 slow cooker recipes that the whole family can enjoy- these are set and forget meals that can be prepared in the morning and served at night or for lunches throughout the week.

Read on for 3 hearty recipes and don’t worry to our plant based community! We have included a recipe for you too.

May

Our Jiwamu Tea and Latte Blends

Macedon Ranges favourite teas..

Our range of Jiwamu herbal tea and latte blends have been thoughtfully formulated by Leisa Blanch, naturopath and Director of Gisborne Health Essentials. Each blend has been chosen to enhance wellbeing while encouraging a moment of mindful relaxation.

Nov

Immunity Soup Recipe

Supporting our immune system is critical – whether it’s currently overreactive and presenting as hay fever or sinus issues or if your body is still cycling the colds, sniffles, coughs, COVID, and other viruses. This yummy soup will help to stabilise your immune function.

Oct

Keep your immune system healthy & strong

For most of us, there has never been a time where infections have taken precedence at the forefront of our minds. For many of us, this creates fear and for some, lost income that they can’t afford to lose. Now, more than ever, natural medicine is being used to improve immune resilience.

May

What is methylation?

You may have heard of the MTHFR gene (one of many methylation genes) and it’s consequences to fertility and health.
Put as simply as possible, methylation is a biochemical process whereby a methyl group, is transferred to a substrate such as DNA, RNA, neurotransmitters, hormones, immune cells or nerve cells to make new compounds. These new compounds can then complete their tasks in the body which includes detoxification, DNA and RNA synthesis and repair, gene regulation, neurotransmitter production, hormone regulation, energy production, cell membrane repair, fat metabolism, myelination, and immune function. What a list!

Apr

Vitamin D for Immune Health and Respiratory Illness

For many of us, the current global pandemic has made our immune health a priority. I’m not going to say the “c” word, frankly we’ve all heard it enough and the word alone creates panic and fear. When we consider appropriate immune support during this time, there’s not yet a lot of evidence-based research because the virus is new. So, in supporting your immune system, as holistic health practitioners we take it back to basics; it’s a respiratory viral infection.

Mar

Immune Support and COVID-19

The current COVID-19 pandemic has us all in unchartered territory and you may be starting to take steps to strengthen your immune system. Carolyn has some advice for how to support your immune system with straight forward tips and from reducing your exposure to which vitamins to take.

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