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The Truth About Cholesterol - It’s Not Just About Eggs!
LDL cholesterol alone isn’t the full picture when it comes to heart disease. It’s part of of metabolic dysfunction. that matters.
Elly McLean
Feb 273 min read
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Carbohydrate: Friend or Foe? Understanding How Much You Actually Need
Carbs - The truth is - they’re neither good nor bad. It all depends on how much you eat, when you eat them, and how your body processes them
Elly McLean
Feb 273 min read
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Navigating Perimenopausal Weight Gain: How Michelle Found Success Through a Personalised Approach
She felt frustrated & was still dealing with frequent UTIs, night sweats, irregular periods & weight gain.
Elly McLean
Oct 16, 20242 min read
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Why The Number on Your Scales Can't be Trusted (and What to Measure Instead)
Body weight can change throughout the day or week due to several factors that have nothing to do with fat gain or loss. Here's why..
Elly McLean
Oct 16, 20244 min read
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Understanding Perimenopause: Navigating the Transition, Part ii
During perimenopause, metabolism, fat storage, stress levels, sleep quality, temperature regulation, mood & muscle mass can all be affected
Elly McLean
Sep 17, 20244 min read
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Recipe Swaps Your Metabolism Will Thank You For
Your metabolism friendly meals should contain an fibre rich vegetables, lots of quality protein, healthy fats & whole food carbs.
Elly McLean
Sep 17, 20242 min read
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Understanding Perimenopause: Navigating the Transition, Part i
Perimenopause is the transitional phase before menopause marked by hormonal changes that can significantly impact a woman's health and...
Elly McLean
Aug 18, 20243 min read
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The Weight Loss Code: The Secret to Lasting, Healthy Weight Loss
If you've been struggling to find a lasting solution, it might be time to look beyond 'one size fits all' diets.
Elly McLean
May 7, 20242 min read
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Win The Morning, Win The Day!
Simply choosing the right food to break your fast with each day is one of the best things you can do to begin optimising your metabolism.
Elly McLean
Feb 6, 20241 min read
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Post Christmas Cravings 'Be Gone'
Simple yet effective strategies can help manage & overcome cravings, getting you back on track towards your health and nutrition goals.
Elly McLean
Jan 2, 20243 min read
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Alcohol: The Unpopular Truth About Its' Affect on Weight Loss
Unpopular truth: alcohol will impact weight loss. Changing your relationship with it is a key component in losing weight.
Elly McLean
Jun 5, 20232 min read
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Do You Need to Address Stress?
I want you to know that it's never too late in your postpartum journey to address stress and start supporting your nervous system.
Elly McLean
May 3, 20232 min read
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The Secrets to Long-term Weight Loss
Evidence very clearly shows that short-term weight loss, created from crash dieting works, but it doesn't last!
Elly McLean
Jan 30, 20233 min read
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Why Conventional Reference Ranges Don't Stack up in Pregnancy
Physiological adaptations taking place to accomodate the needs of mother & baby that result in many signifiant changes in pathology values.
Elly McLean
Jan 3, 20232 min read
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Does Your Metabolism Need an Overhaul?
For sustainable and healthy fat loss and fat burning there needs to be calorie restriction in the presence of a healthy metabolism.
Elly McLean
Nov 29, 20221 min read
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Your Quick Guide to Intermittent Fasting
Fasting is simply the manipulation of eating and/or fasting windows. The benefits stem from going for longer periods without eating.
Elly McLean
Nov 20, 20226 min read
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Counting Calories Does Not Equate to Fat Burning.
In this article I take a step back and explain the science of calories.
Elly McLean
Nov 14, 20224 min read
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Excess Weight is a Symptom. What’s the Cause?
Excess body fat is the symptom of a deeper health problem. For long term & healthy fat loss, focus on treating root cause.
Elly McLean
Nov 7, 20224 min read
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Reasons For Why You're Not Losing Body Fat
If you've tried calorie restriction & progress is stagnant/non-existent then it's likely you haven't considered all the influencing factors.
Elly McLean
Nov 1, 20222 min read
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Preconception Nutrition Preparation - Part ii
The maternal microbiome significantly impacts the development of an infant’s microbiome. It also results in clinical benefits for mother.
Elly McLean
Oct 23, 20223 min read
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Preconception Nutrition Preparation - Part i
Preconception & pregnancy nutrition should begin in the 6 - 12months prior to trying to conceive (TTC).
Elly McLean
Oct 3, 20223 min read
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What You Need to Know About Detox
The thing about detoxing is that you’re already doing it. Every minute of the day your body is doing its’ best to defend toxin build up.
Elly McLean
Sep 14, 20223 min read
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Are you Eating Enough Protein?
Protein is one of the 3 macronutrients (the others being carbohydrate & fat) & its’ role is to provide the building blocks of the body.
Elly McLean
Jun 29, 20225 min read
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Eating for Your Cycle
Much like nutrition requirements change according to your training ‘eating for your cycle’ means changing intake according to your cycle.
Elly McLean
Mar 14, 20223 min read
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The DL on the Combined Oral Contraceptive (COC) Pill
What COC is doing is shutting down ovarian hormone production, stopping ovulation and quite possibly leaving a trail of unwanted effects.
Elly McLean
Jan 6, 20224 min read
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A Natural Approach to PMS Relief
Of the women successfully combating PMS symptoms, dietary & nutritional supplementation, with exercise are reported to be most effective.
Elly McLean
Dec 6, 20214 min read
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Your Guide to Gut Health Testing
Given your goal should always be to ‘address root cause’ ensuring all the necessary testing has been done is critical.
Elly McLean
Oct 19, 20214 min read
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Which Nut Milk Should You Choose?
This article isn’t designed to sway you from dairy milk but if you’re curious in understanding which milk alternative to have, keep reading.
Elly McLean
Sep 13, 20214 min read
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Have you Lost Your Period? Here are the two Most Likely Reasons why...
The menstrual cycle is a vital sign of female health. When changes occur in the cycle it's important to find out why and treat accordingly.
Elly McLean
May 24, 20215 min read
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Understanding Your Menstrual Cycle
It shocks and saddens me to know that for many women reproductive health at school involved a lesson in how not to get pregnant. The...
Elly McLean
May 11, 20216 min read
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What's up With Soy?
In this article I uncover the research, get to the facts on soy and bring awareness as to how it can safely form part of the diet.
Elly McLean
Mar 8, 20215 min read
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Plant Based Kick Starter - Mini Podcast Series
If you're considering the transition to plant-based for the sake of your health, weight or longevity, then this series is for you!
Elly McLean
Jan 18, 20213 min read
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A Functional Nutrition Guide to B12
Vitamin B12 is an essential consideration to all human diets, not just those on a plant-based diet. Humans don’t make bioavailable sources.
Elly McLean
Dec 16, 20207 min read
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Elly's Plant Based Pantry Staples
I could give an outline of my entire pantry, but I’ll save you the time and cut to the essentials.
Elly McLean
Nov 29, 20205 min read
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The Keys to Fat Loss Success
Losing body fat can (& should be) be a positive, life changing and health promoting experience. Here I share my top tips for fat loss.
Elly McLean
Oct 9, 20203 min read
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The A to Z of Vitamin D.
Studies show that vegans aren’t at greater risk of vitamin D deficiency than the general population.
Elly McLean
Aug 27, 20204 min read
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The Guts of Iron Deficiency
With 25% of the world’s population deficient in iron, it’s the most common nutrient deficiency.
Elly McLean
Jul 22, 20205 min read
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The Gut Skin Connection
If you’re managing prematurely ageing skin, there's a chance it could be digestion standing in the way. We call it digest-ageing.
Elly McLean
Jul 10, 20203 min read
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Count on Nutrients, but to Count Calories?
The process of restricting calories is stressful and unsustainable which is why it isn’t the solution to long term fat loss or health.
Elly McLean
May 7, 20204 min read
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The Gut. Explained.
The digestive system has 3 key functions. When either of these begin to break down, the effects of poor digestive health are felt.
Elly McLean
Apr 17, 20204 min read
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Exploring the Role of Natural Health in Supporting COVID-19
Even in the absence of an infection, we all have a responsibility to remain healthy, well and productive. A responsibility even more relevan
Elly McLean
Apr 6, 20205 min read
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