Are our guts becoming too sterile?
Early exposure to germs According to the ‘hygiene hypothesis’ early life exposure to germs determines adulthood sensitivity to allergies such as hay fever and asthma and autoimmune diseases such as coeliac disease and inflammatory bowel disease. The ‘hygiene hypothesis’ has been proposed as an explanation for increase of allergic and autoimmune diseases in urban settings. […]
Yoga & Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
If you are reading this you are probably suffering from IBS or know someone who is and hoping to help them?? IBS is painful, debilitating and anxiety ridden at worst and on your mind and contributing to life’s stresses at best. The symptoms of IBS impact on many areas of your life and may be […]
Colour test for IBS
Could the colour of a mood predict how Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) sufferers respond to hypnotherapy focused on their gut condition? Always in search of the latest research in managing symptoms of IBS, I was fascinated to learn how the choice of mood colour predicts the response to hypnotherapy. Professor Peter Whorwell and his IBS […]
Undigested fructose
Fructose is not easily digested What that means is the poor old fructose transporter “glut-5” is completely overworked and can’t keep up with the demands of that much fructose every day. It is the equivalent of one worker doing five peoples tasks. Some fructose gets a ride across into the blood stream by piggy backing […]
What’s the difference between fructose and other sugars?
FRUCTOSE is blamed as being glucose’s evil cousin, the cause of the pandemic of obesity and it’s resulting chronic disease risk factors. Reflecting on the history of fructose in the human diet and food it seems to have been a “perfect sugar storm”. Fructose a new player Humans have not historically had to process much fructose […]
Probiotics – What’s best for IBS?
What are probiotics? Probiotics are tiny living organisms that have been scientifically proven to benefit your health. They are usually bacteria, but may be yeasts or other microscopic critters. They can be similar to the “good” bacteria already in your body, particularly those in your gut. The most common probiotic bacteria are from the Lactobacillus or Bifidobacterium […]
Paleo Diet and IBS
What is the paleo diet? The Internet describes the Paleo diet as a common remedy for IBS. But does it work? Will a Paleo diet help or hinder my IBS symptoms? You may be surprised with the answers. In this blog I will cut through the hype surrounding the Paleo diet and give you the […]
What is IBS?
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is very common. Often referred to as IBS, one in seven Australian adults suffer with this – making it more common than diabetes, heart disease and cancer. In this blog I will answer the five questions that people like to know the answers to, but are often too embarrassed to ask. 1. […]
A Guide to Healthy Bowels
What does it mean to be ‘regular’ and what do healthy bowels look like? Many of us don’t really know what a normal bowel motion is. We may worry that perhaps our bowel motions are too runny, or too hard? Perhaps we are going too often, or maybe not at all. People often assume that […]