How to care for ageing relatives
When it comes to ageing relatives, health care is usually top of mind. But did you know that sorting out some legal paperwork could make your life easier for any health care issues that arise?
Your gut holds a surprising number of keys to your health. A flurry of recent research shows a range of exciting benefits of treating your gut well as well as a number of claims that are yet to be substantiated (which we don’t touch on here).
We’ve done a sweep of the latest news to show you the evidence-backed ways to radiate good health with the simple benefits of prebiotics and probiotics.
Probiotics are the good bacteria in the gut. Prebiotics are what feed that good bacteria.
Probiotics are fermented foods with live cultures. The experts recommend the following as good sources of probiotics:
(Capela, 2014) (Irwin, 2018) (Palsdottir, 2018)
Prebiotics are high dietary fibre foods such as:
(Irwin, 2018) (Watson, 2017) (Zeratsky, 2020)
(Capela, 2014) (Irwin, 2018) (Noone, 2019)
You might already get enough of those fibre-loaded prebiotics in a balanced, healthy diet. If not, the latest research is a timely reminder that old-fashioned grains and other sources of fibre are winners that you can’t ignore for a healthy gut.
Rarer and more obscure probiotics are worth making an effort for to sneak into your regular diet. Eating yoghurt regularly might be the easiest way to treat your gut and earn yourself some handy health benefits.
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When it comes to ageing relatives, health care is usually top of mind. But did you know that sorting out some legal paperwork could make your life easier for any health care issues that arise?
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The latest Australian guidelines recommend strength training for people from five years of age and all the way into your golden years. It truly is a strength-for-all approach and the research says that we need it.