Many commonly prescribed drugs can affect the health of the Gut microbiome for years after completion of the prescription, a recent study from the University of Tartu Institute of Genomics in Estonia of 2,509 patients, shows. The study shows… For many years now we have known that antibiotics have a long-term effect on the health Read More
A Special Job of the ‘Mighty Microbes’
An emerging health opportunity from the ‘Mighty Microbes’ in the intestinal area. Your gut is home to trillions of tiny organisms, often called the gut microbiome. When beneficial bacteria ferment in the intestinal area they produce active by-products that have some amazing benefits beyond the commonly known bowel health. In this blog I will touch Read More
How Pesticides and Everyday Pollutants May Affect Gut Health
Emerging research suggests that some pesticides and common environmental pollutants may disrupt our beneficial Gut bacteria & possibly encourage antibiotic resistance
Diabetes – Why it Should be Taken Seriously & How to Change a Diagnosis
I regularly see patients in the clinic with serious health complications from poor blood sugar management! Leg and feet amputations, numbed & painful feet, poor eye sight, leg ulcers and poor heart and circulatory health etc…. You can change this:A pre-diabetes diagnosis gives a wonderful opportunity to change your diet so you never need to Read More
Winter Wellness
Winter Wellness: How Food Can Support Your Immune System As a nutritionist, I see first-hand how much what we eat is vital for looking after your immune system — especially during the winter months. While our immune system is incredibly clever and designed to protect us we need to look after it with the fuel Read More
Health and the Mighty Microbes
A healthy Gut Microbiome represents an exciting way forward to support all health. The intestinal area contains trillions of bacteria, viruses, archaea and protozoa and these all play a special part, when in balance, to maintain The Microbes Inside We have a symbiotic relationship with these microbes which is very complex; we provide a warm Read More
Modifying the Gut Microbiome to Influence Hormone Balance
A healthy Gut Microbiome represents an exciting way forward to support hormonal health. For women, fluctuations in oestrogen affect so much of their life and there are many nutritional factors that play a part in supporting a healthy sex hormone balance. In this blog I am going to provide a brief overview of the importance Read More
Liver Health & the Menopause
In my clinic I am seeing many women with weight gain during the hormonal changes of the perimenopausal and menopausal years. If the liver is clogged up with fatty deposits, all the amazing roles it plays in supporting health are compromised. We see this in blood test markers of raised triglycerides, raised alanine aminotransferase (ALT), Read More
What Can We Do That Has The Most Impact On Our Health?
What Can We Do That Has The Most Impact On Our Health – Including Lessening the Impact of COVID? We can change our health outcomes with simple changes to what we eat! Now the festive season is over we can really focus on leaving behind the foods that lead to poor health As Dr David Read More
