Inflammation occurs when our body tries to protect us from infection by foreign organisms including bacteria and viruses. It involves several process…

I'm often asked to give talks on gut health, and I have to say, from a nutritional medicine perspective, it is such an interesting subject as the sto…

Around one in five people in the UK will experience IBS during their life and around two thirds of the people affected are women. This often distress…

Firstly, you may be asking what is a microbiome? Let us start by removing the jargon. Simply put, our gut microbiome refers to all the bacteria and m…

Did you know that we each have roughly around 40 trillion bacteria inside our bodies, most of which are in our gut! The state of your digestive syste…

It may not seem obvious that your digestive health is linked to your mental health, but many scientists are now calling your gut the 'second brain',…

Gluten, found in wheat, barley, rye, spelt, and some other grains, is a protein which has an elastic-like quality to it. Think of kneading bread; glu…

“All disease begins in the gut.” - Hippocrates of Kos (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) knew that gut health was key to your overall health and many diseases and…

The gut barrier is our greatest physical barrier. It separates us from the outside world, covering a space of 400m² and requiring 40% of our energy.…

A high percentage of people are unable to digest gluten properly which causes a vast array of problems in the gut. When food that contains gluten rea…

The health benefits of consuming fibre are nothing new. Most of us are aware it offers us protection against bowel cancer, against the development of…

Creating ‘new year - new you’ healthy habits is definitely at the heart of health improvement, and this is a perfect time of year to overhaul your he…