Sissiboo Nutrition

08/04/2024

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06/04/2022

Pleased to have been a volunteer at this Sussex EDS (SEDS, Sussex Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Disorders CIC) event at the Brighton Palace Pier, with a speech by Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Councillor Alan Robins.

Last week attending Autism Acceptance Day for Autistic Health. Val and I were so pleased to be invited and to be part of this awareness raising day.

21/03/2020

A friend of mine recently shared the incredibly sensible idea of preparing a Go Bag to have ready to take in with you in case you need to go into hospital. That way, if you do end up having to go into hospital on a moment's notice, it will be easier for you, it will make your stay more comfortable and it will help ease the burden on hospital staff.

The NHS has a suggested list for preparing a bag for a long hospital stay, which I've tweaked. If you're staying in hospital, you may wish to pack:

A nightdress or pyjamas

Day clothes

A few pairs of clean underwear

A dressing gown and slippers

A small hand towel

Toiletries – soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo and deodorant (I'd add face cream to this as hospitals can be very dry)

Sanitary towels or tampons (or a menstrual cup/period panties)

A razor and shaving materials

Your hairbrush and a couple of hair bands (if needed)

A couple of books, a kindle and/or magazines

A small amount of cash

The medication(s) you normally take, and a list of the doses for each medicine. I'd put all these into a small ziplock bag.

Your glasses or contact lenses with case (if needed)

A notebook and pen

An address book and important phone numbers, including your GP's contact details

Your phone and its charger, a tablet and its charger (with some films and music already downloaded) as well as a pair of headphones

A bottle of water - they'll eventually give you something, but it may take a while, and frankly they have more important things to be doing, so try to be prepared

Some healthy snacks (nuts, seeds, dried fruit)

A sleeping mask and earplugs

I'm going to go prepare my Go Bag now. I'm hoping I won't need it and I'm hoping you won't either!

12/02/2020

HORMONE BALANCING FOODS
I wanted to spend the next few days talking about food to help balance your hormones and explain to you how and why they do. Let's start with an easy one to integrate: RAW CARROTS.

Estrogen is an important hormone. But xenoestrogens from plastics, pesticides, chemicals, and water systems mean that in modern times our bodies can build up a lot of excess estrogens which can end up getting reabsorbed through the intestinal walls and being recycled around our bodies over and over again and lead to estrogen dominance.

Estrogen dominance can lead to PMS, fertility issues and hormonal acne. And it isn't exclusive to women, nope. Men can just as easily get man b***s and erectile dysfunction as a result of too much estrogen. So both men and women can both benefit from excreting excess estrogen from their bodies so they are left with just the right amount of estrogen necessary for important bodily functions, such as regulation of the menstrual cycle, the maturation of s***m and having a healthy libido.

This is where carrots come in. They actually contain a unique type of undigestible fibre which latches onto excess estrogens in the digestive tract and removes them from the body (when you p**p!).

They need to be proper big carrots (not cooked or baby carrots), but you can eat them whole (Bugs Bunny style), chopped into sticks, or grate them into a salad. I do recommend buying organic carrots if you can afford it, as studies (and common sense!) have found that conventional carrots contain pesticide residues and have significantly higher nitrate concentration than organic carrots.

One a day is enough to make a difference and I recommend this cheap and easy solution to many of my clients with hormonal issues.

01/02/2020

PREBIOTICS: FEEDING THE GARDEN IN YOUR GUT

I find I'm spending a lot of time explaining to my clients what PREBIOTICS are. So I thought I'd do a post on it. Most of you know what PROBITOICS are, but I'll explain that too.

So PROBIOTICS are the healthy gut bacteria which we want flourishing in our gut. The more diversity of probiotics which have established themselves in our gut, the healthier we are.

Think of your GI tract like it is lined with parking spaces. The more parking spaces which are filled with healthy bacteria, the less chance there is for unhealthy bacteria (pathogenic bacteria which make us very sick) to establish themselves.

Some people spend a lot of money on expensive probiotic supplements, but there's no point spending that money and taking those probiotics, if you're not going to "feed" those bacteria and help them flourish and populate in your gut.

That is where PREBIOTICS come in. Prebiotics are the foods which our gut bacteria like to "eat". Technically they are a non-digestible food ingredient that promotes the growth of beneficial microorganisms in the intestines, such as the cellulose fibres in foods which we aren't able to break down ourselves through chewing or with the natural enzymes we secrete in the digestive process.

You want your gut bacteria to be like a garden which flourishes and grows and has a wide diversity of good bacteria. So try eat as many PREBIOTIC foods as you can to encourage as many good bacteria strains as you can to settle in and make themselves at home in your gut. Some great and inexpensive prebiotic foods are:

OATS
BARLEY
WHEATGERM
CARROTS
APPLES
DARK LEAFY GREENS
GARLIC
ONIONS
BANANAS
FLAXSEED

And there are loads more...why not start with a bowl of oatmeal?

13/10/2019

"In 1979, the average American’s total empathy score was a four out of five, a “solid B.” In 2009, thirty years later, the average American scored a three out of five. In practical terms, Zaki says Americans in 2009 are 75-percent less empathetic than their counterparts thirty years ago. Studies like these stoke his concern about empathy erosion."

Empathy is eroding, says Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki. The average American in 2009 was 30 percent less empathetic than their counterpart thirty years before. But there are ways to strengthen our empathy despite deep divisions in the world today.

26/09/2019

One of my wonderful clients, a talented international wedding photographer took this lovely photo of me and shared it on her social media, sharing her story and letting her followers know about Sissiboo Nutrition and the kind of nutrition support I provide. I love being a Nutritional Therapist and helping people with their health and digestion issues and just improving their relationship with food...but having someone tell the world how I helped them means...well, it means the world to me!

18/09/2019

I thought this was the nicest way to say it...

17/09/2019

Taco Tuesday at our house folks. Nuff said.

16/09/2019

I know how Denarys feels. But my husband thinks avocados are "the devil's fruit" and won't touch them 🤣. Where do you stand on avocados...love 'em or leave 'em?