For many people January is the month for changing things for the better. A get fit quick plan, or January diet to lose half a stone in a week. Mostly these promises are made by fad diets and someone trying to make a fast buck out of us.

How about making a resolution with a difference? How about you forget the New Year, New You get-skinny-quick diet plan and commit to making tiny little changes that don’t take commitment, hard work or effort, but that all add up to make you feel better. I have been working in the world of wellbeing and nutrition for a very long time, and if there is one thing I have learned is that most big diet plans are set to fail.

When was the last time you through about your microbiome? Apart from popping a live yoghurt into our trolley every now and then, most of us don’t think much about the gut flora ecosystem in our digestive tract that plays such an important role in our health.

Melatonin (our sleep hormone) is made in the body from serotonin (our happy hormone). Low levels of daylight in the winter can disrupt the balance of these two neurotransmitters. Darker days and lack of sunlight can reduce levels of serotonin and increase our production of melatonin, leaving us feeling sleepy and demotivated during the day.

When was the last time you through about your microbiome? Apart from popping a live yoghurt into our trolley every now and then, most of us don’t think much about the gut flora ecosystem in our digestive tract that plays such an important role in our health.

When our digestive system works, we don’t even stop to consider the amazing work it does to transform the food we eat into fuel and nutrients for our body.