Prebiotic vs. Probiotic?
Trusting Your Gut
In human intestines, there are many strains of two main species of friendly bacteria, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium. Probiotics and Prebiotics both help those friendly bacteria, but in different ways:
What is the Difference?
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People often ask us how to take our Sally-Ann Creed Products, directions for use and what can they be taken with. We have put together a comprehensive list of 35 Collagen, Vitamins, Minerals and Nutraceuticals, Pantry and Sugar Alternatives.…
I’ve introduced a new, lovely herb to my herb & spice range – Sweet Basil. It’s something I adore and go through mountains of in food due to it’s goodness, but only when I can get organic. …
Collagen declines with age, and for this reason research into collagen has exploded in the past few years. I decided a some years ago to womble around and look at what’s available in the collagen line, and sadly I was flabbergasted at the additives and all I saw in the products on the shelves. …
I’ve just brought in a pile of the most marvellous organic and conventional (but ALL non-irradiated) herbs and spices. Why? Because I don’t trust those I buy off the shelf! Simple. They could be, stale, ‘cut’ with cornflour or wheat starch, heaven knows what else, and what kind of conditions are they dried in? …
Berberine is one of the most exciting natural products in current medical research and has nothing short of amazing properties.
Other than for weight loss, it’s a powerful:
- Anti-viral
- Anti-inflammatory
- Anti-bacterial
Berberine is most commonly taken for
- Weight Loss
- Powerful anti-ageing properties on skin
- Anti-inflammatory for skin and entire body
- High Blood Pressure
- Diabetes
- Dysglycaemia
- Reduces Insulin Levels
- High Cholesterol
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Some studies say it’s much better than metformin. …
Why you’ll LOVE Glutamine:
- Encourages weight loss
- Dramatically curbs carb and sugar cravings!
- Intestinal repair, particularly leaky gut
- Helps bowel regularity
- Enhances mental clarity
- Improves overall digestion
- Improves nutrient absorption
- Helps calm stress
- Speedier recovery from exercise
- Faster recovery from operations
Here are some other ways glutamine supports your body:
- Relieves muscle soreness (amazing for recovery from exercise)
- Athletic injuries
- Excellent in autoimmune conditions
- Helps chronic fatigue
- Prevents gas and bloating
- Prevents cachexia in cancer victims
- Controls diarrhoea and constipation
- Eliminates food sensitivities
- Helps eliminate rashes/hives
- Reduces/eliminates bad breath
- Improves absorption – prevents nutritional malabsorption
- Excellent for healing eczema, acne
- Good in Crohn’s disease, colitis
- Excellent in managing diabetes
- Helps adrenal fatigue
Why wouldn’t you want to take it?…
Vitamin D has been all over the news in the health community and even mainstream medicine over the past 6 months with Covid-19 front and centre. If you have good levels of vitamin D3, your chance of a healthy heart, immune system and ability to avoid or get through an infection quickly is vastly improved.…
There are 2 schools of thought about fibre, but let’s be clear – the human body is designed to use fibre. The more healthy fibre you get in your diet, the better your digestive system functions.…
MaxiFOS is the ideal food for your microbiome. It is a PREbiotic, not a PRObiotic, although both are important. Prebiotic fibre resists digestion, instead heading to your colon where it creates those awesome energy-producing short chain fatty acids.…
People often ask me about gallstones. I wrote a very comprehensive blog post on it here https://sallyanncreed.co.za/symptoms-and-causes-of-gallbla…/ telling you the symptoms, causes and treatment. But here’s another short post on it if you are someone who is interested in this.…
9 common signs your liver is in danger:
1. JAUNDICE: A condition known as jaundice occurs when waste builds up Eating whole food is a great start. Leave out sugar, refined carbs and any junk.
I was asked this morning to repost an article on B12 (I’ve done quite a few) but I THINK this is the one. So here it is. Part of the B family of vitamins.
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You’ve probably heard of bile, but did you know it’s a ‘secret’ to successful weight loss?
Before we get into that though, bile’s a greenish-yellow liquid produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder and is released to assist digestion when you eat.…
Change-Of-Season Flu/Viruses Toolkits
Apart from the panic over the Coronavirus, we are now officially entering a change of season world wide – either going into Autumn or Spring, depending in which hemisphere you live.…
Rosacea is a really nasty skin disorder affecting the curves and features of the centre of the face. It is often called acne rosacea.
It’s generally characterised by one or more of the following:
• Light to heavy facial flushing (erythema) which can be transient or permanent
• Papules and pustules
• Telangiectasia – threadlike red lines or patterns that cross the face
• Rhinophyma – where the nose thickens and becomes bulbous
Women of 30-50 are most often victims of this condition, and find it frustrating and embarrassing to deal with for obvious reasons.…
Gallbladder disease is serious and as I have said often the gallbladder is not a dispensable organ.This little sac is there to collect bile – it’s there for a reason, and should be cared for.…
I am still amazed every day by what my utterly amazing brand of Pure Hydrolysed Collagen I am bringing in is doing for me and for thousands of people around the country. It’s become so effective that many doctors are referring patients to this brand (which is the fastest growing brand of collagen in the country) but there ARE side effects!…
Product Information:
This is a wonderfully unique, no-calorie, no-carb sweetener made from all natural ingredients. It has a wonderfully clean sweet taste with no artificial aftertaste whatsoever. If eaten by the spoon it melts quickly in your mouth and tastes a lot like candy floss if you are old enough to remember that far back.…
I have to say the thing that really upsets me is to see people throw away a valuable, nutritional powerhouse in the egg yolk, and eat the useless egg white. It’s sacrilege! People are just so confused about eggs as a whole (no pun intended), so let’s have a look at the science behind eggs.…
Have you had a test recently for insurance or as part of a medical aid programme and been told you have NAFLD?
You probably got (or should have got) a ‘fasting metabolic panel’ where your blood sugar, electrolytes, kidney and liver function is assessed.…
Say what?
Now that I have your attention – I’m going to tell you about a new strain of bacteria which quite literally, can help you lose weight! Have you ever heard of Akkermansia muciniphilia? …
You’ve heard of PRObiotics – the beneficial bacterial population in our bodies, but what about PREbiotics?
Prebiotics are found in certain foods and are essential for increasing and feeding our healthy beneficial gut flora which go to make up our microbiome – that nine-tenths of who we are – but we simply do not get enough. …
We know there is no such thing as a panacea, but Berberine comes pretty close if you are suffering from:
- Diabetes
- High blood sugar levels
- Insulin resistance
- NAFLD
- PCOS
- Hypertension
- Dyslipidemia (raised cholesterol etc)
- Weight gain
- Abdominal obesity
Even cancer, Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s it seems are responding in some preliminary studies.
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What goes onto your fork and into your mouth can change your life, no matter what you are suffering from. While this can apply to every area of your life – weight loss, celiac disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis and auto-immune disease of every kind – it is particularly relevant to Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (HT).…
All About Probiotics
What part of our body weighs around 3kg and has the ability to affect our emotions?
You’d be right if you said it was the weight of bacteria we carry around in our gut. …
Unless you are new to LCHF you’ve probably been hiding in a cave if you haven’t heard of intermittent fasting (IF). IF is a term used for a set period of time during which you do not eat.…
People often think they have too much acid when in fact they have too little. The symptoms are the same – heartburn, belching, reflux – the list is long. In order to understand how all this works, let’s go through some basics.…
‘Tis the time to be merry, to celebrate and to enjoy the company of those you love. But if you are following a low-carb lifestyle, will alcohol be off limits? Can you still have a little now and then? …
