Nutrunity UK

23/10/2026

When people talk about “supporting the microbiome”, they often mix up prebiotics, probiotics, postbiotics, and psychobiotics.

- Prebiotic (fibre):
A prebiotic is a substrate that host microorganisms use selectively and that produces a health benefit, such as:
• Inulin and fructooligosaccharides (FOS).
• Galactooligosaccharides (GOS).
• Resistant starch.
• Certain beta-glucans, and more.

Prebiotics provide fermentable substrates for microbial metabolism. Fermentation can produce short-chain fatty acids that interact with the intestinal lining, immune signalling, gut motility, and energy metabolism.
The practical implication is that microbial diversity depends not only on which organisms are present, but also on what they are consistently fed. A diet rich in varied plant foods generally provides a broader range of substrates than a highly restricted, ultra-processed dietary pattern.

- Probiotics:
A probiotic is a live microorganism that, when administered in an adequate amount, provides a demonstrated health benefit to the host.
Effects are often strain-specific, and a product that helps one outcome may have no meaningful effect on another.
A probiotic is not necessarily a permanent replacement for a person’s microbiome. Many strains act transiently as they are consumed, and outcomes depend on the strain, dose, host physiology, baseline microbiome, diet, and clinical context.

- Postbiotics:
A postbiotic is a preparation of inanimate microorganisms and/or their components that confers a health benefit on the host, which may contain:
• Inactivated microbial cells.
• Cell-wall components.
• Microbial proteins.
• Structural fragments.
• Metabolites that remain within a defined preparation.
• Combinations of these components.
Postbiotics also include microbial metabolites, such as some vitamins, short-chain fatty acids, and other compounds the body relies on.

Psychobiotics:
They influence mental or neurological processes through the microbiota–gut–brain axis. Reviews describe potential effects on mood, cognition, stress responses and emotional regulation.
This matters when considering neuroinflammation and even neurodegeneration, which may have started in the gut.

23/10/2026

13/10/2026

Standing up should be automatic.

For people with POTS, it can trigger a cascade of symptoms: a racing heart, dizziness, weakness, brain fog, nausea, breathlessness, and sometimes fainting.

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome is a complex form of dysautonomia. It can involve blood pooling, low circulating blood volume, altered sympathetic activity, post-viral illness, hypermobility, immune factors, and other overlapping conditions.

It is also frequently misunderstood.

POTS is not simply anxiety. It is not a sign that someone is unfit or lacking resilience. And there is no single treatment that works for everyone.

In my latest article, I explain:
• What POTS is.
• How it affects circulation and the autonomic nervous system.
• Possible causes and physiological patterns.
• Common signs and symptoms.
• Conditions that can look similar.
• Red flags that require medical attention.
• Current medical and non-medical treatment.
• How fluids, sodium, compression, nutrition, movement, and pacing may help.
• Why supplement and dietary plans need to be individualised.

The aim is not to promote a miracle protocol. It is to help people understand the condition and approach support more safely, realistically, and compassionately.

Read article:
https://www.nutrunity.com/updates/pots

11/10/2026

Most people do not keep buying harsh cleaning products because they love chemicals.
They buy them because they are cheap, familiar, easy to grab, and heavily marketed as the “right” way to clean. That is exactly why this conversation matters: awareness alone does not change habits. Convenience, price, trust, and habit do.

We have just written about a recent Times article on cleaning products and why it only tells half the story.
Yes, it gets the health warning right. But what it misses is the more important question: why do people keep using the same products even after they know the risks?
That is where the real work begins.

If safer cleaning is going to become normal, it has to feel:
• easier to start,
• affordable to maintain,
• and realistic in a busy household.

That is especially true when you think about families, children, indoor air, and the everyday pressure to just get the job done quickly.

We would like to hear from you:
• What usually decides what cleaning product you buy: price, brand, convenience, or something else?
• Have you ever switched to a lower-tox option and then gone back? Why?
• Do you think people avoid DIY cleaning because it seems difficult, expensive, doesn't work, or is simply unfamiliar?
• What would make safer cleaning feel more practical in ordinary homes?

Read the full article here: https://www.nutrunity.com/ecoliving-blog/cost-of-conventional-household-products

10/10/2026

1 WEEK LEFT!!!
The symposium is next weekend!

The GNI Symposium is in-person, returning to London Goodenough College.
This is the event of the year for international iridologists, GNI members and supporters. The event is also opened naturopathic practitioners, students and newly qualified iridologists.
With an interactive session in addition to talks and presentation by prominent speakers and researchers, there is so much to learn. The event will also share new findings based on modern iridology.

The event is not recorded. So, DO NOT MISS OUT!!!

To Book your place or for more information, click the link in bio.

10/10/2026

You do not have to wait until you are completely exhausted before taking a mental health break.

Many people think a break means booking time off, going away, or stepping away from all responsibilities. Sometimes it does. But a pause can also be much smaller: five minutes without a screen, a short walk, a proper meal, slower breathing or a conversation with someone you trust.
The key is to interrupt the constant demand to respond, decide and keep going.

You might need a break if you are:
🤷🏻‍♂️ Struggling to concentrate.
😴 Feeling tired despite sleeping.
🤬 More irritable than usual.
💃🏻 Moving from one task to another without stopping.
😵‍💫 Sleeping poorly.
🤡 Relying on scrolling, food or alcohol to switch off.
👎🏼 Losing interest in activities that normally restore you.
🫨 Experiencing increased tension, headaches or digestive discomfort.

A mental health break is not a cure for chronic stress, burnout, anxiety or depression. It is a practical reset that may help you notice what you need before your reserves are completely depleted.

Try one of the 12 options listed in our latest article:
✅ https://www.nutrunity.com/updates/do-you-need-a-mental-health-break

Do not turn rest into another performance target. You do not have to feel instantly calm or return as a more productive version of yourself. Sometimes the purpose of a break is simply to stop asking so much of yourself for a little while.

It is also worth remembering that burnout is not simply an individual failure to relax. The World Health Organisation describes it as an occupational phenomenon resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.

What kind of break would genuinely help you today — not the break you think you should take, but the one your mind and body are asking for?

08/10/2026

You do not have to wait until you are completely exhausted before taking a mental health break.

Many people think a break means booking time off, going away, or stepping away from all responsibilities. Sometimes it does. But a pause can also be much smaller: five minutes without a screen, a short walk, a proper meal, slower breathing or a conversation with someone you trust.
The key is to interrupt the constant demand to respond, decide and keep going.

You might need a break if you are:
• Struggling to concentrate.
• Feeling tired despite sleeping.
• More irritable than usual.
• Moving from one task to another without stopping.
• Sleeping poorly.
• Relying on scrolling, food or alcohol to switch off.
• Losing interest in activities that normally restore you.
• Experiencing increased tension, headaches or digestive discomfort.

A mental health break is not a cure for chronic stress, burnout, anxiety or depression. It is a practical reset that may help you notice what you need before your reserves are completely depleted.

Try one of the 12 options listed in our latest article:
https://www.nutrunity.com/updates/do-you-need-a-mental-health-break

Do not turn rest into another performance target. You do not have to feel instantly calm or return as a more productive version of yourself. Sometimes the purpose of a break is simply to stop asking so much of yourself for a little while.

It is also worth remembering that burnout is not simply an individual failure to relax. The World Health Organisation describes it as an occupational phenomenon resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.

What kind of break would genuinely help you today — not the break you think you should take, but the one your mind and body are asking for?

04/10/2026

Are you keeping up with our Eco-friendly recipes?

EcoLiving: Eco-Friendly Laundry

Odour-busting Stain Spray

Once you try our eco-friendly recipes, you will never buy toxic commercial products again, protect your family by reducing indoor pollution, and never deal with irritated skin again.

Click the link below for the recipe or DM us now.

02/10/2026

Following a lifetime of symptoms, 8 years of research, and based on the bestselling title “Overcoming IBS”, Nutrunity is proud to provide a brand-new programme directed by Olivier Sanchez ND NTDip and dedicated to gut health, particularly for people with long-lasting, unresolved IBS symptoms.

Every participant will receive a free signed copy of “Overcoming IBS.”

For more information and to register, click the link in bio.

02/10/2026

Following a lifetime of symptoms, 8 years of research, and based on the bestselling title “Overcoming IBS”, Nutrunity is proud to provide a brand-new programme directed by Olivier Sanchez ND NTDip and dedicated to gut health, particularly for people with long-lasting, unresolved IBS symptoms.

Every participant will receive a free signed copy of “Overcoming IBS.”

For more information and to register, click the link in bio.