by Audra Starkey | Sep 15, 2021 | Immunity, Nutrition
Could you be unknowingly poisoning yourself? It might sound like an odd question to ask as none of us would ever want to intentionally harm ourselves, however, I remember back in my early 20’s when I was new to shift work (and eating crap food) – I went...
by Audra Starkey | Sep 30, 2020 | Immunity, Nutrition
Something which is not often spoken about when it comes to immune function, is how our body composition can play a role in its ability to function at its optimum. Metabolic syndrome is defined as a cluster of conditions comprising of: – excess abdominal weight-...
by Audra Starkey | Aug 30, 2018 | HSW, Nutrition, Podcast, Sleep
In today’s episode of The Healthy Shift Worker podcast we’re joined by Steph Lowe who is a Sports Nutritionist, triathlete, author and founder of The Natural Nutritionist – a hub for celebrating the importance of real food. Steph talks to us about the importance of...
by Audra Starkey | Mar 26, 2018 | Nutrition, Sleep
It’s certainly no secret that shift work is taxiing on our health in more ways than one. In fact I’m sure you can appreciate first hand just how challenging it is to work irregular hours day after day after day … or should I say night? But what...
by Audra Starkey | Sep 8, 2017 | Nutrition
Leaky gut. It sounds like a weird phenomenon – and in a way it is. Now the technical, more scientific way to describe leaky gut is intestinal permeability, and is when space between the cells within the intestine or tight junctions of the epithelium become...
