Julie Hambleton

Julie Hambleton

The Hearty Soul Team

Julie Hambleton has a BSc in Food and Nutrition from the Western University, Canada, is a former certified personal trainer and a competitive runner. Julie loves food, culture, and health, and enjoys sharing her knowledge to help others make positive changes and live healthier lives.

The hype around gut health has not gone away, and with good reason: So much of our health and wellbeing is connected to the health of our gut and digestive system. Unfortunately, very few things in our diets and daily habits are supportive of gut health. Thankfully, this is something we can have some control...

If there’s one vitamin that people don’t talk about enough, it’s vitamin K. When they do talk about it, they are often referring to vitamin K1, also known as phylloquinone. Though K1 has plenty of benefits and is important to understand, its lesser-known cousin, Vitamin K2, or menaquinone, is equally as important. What for, exactly?...

They call the gut the second brain, as the health of our gut, aka our entire digestive system, is strongly connected with our brain and our overall health. Despite this, many of us are operating at sub-optimal GI health. This is largely due to our processed, chemically-laden diets and high-stress lives. The path to a...