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Inflammation is behind pretty much every disease we know - it's not just about obvious inflammation from painful conditions like arthritis and muscle pain, although those are significant, I know. Think also: IBS and gut diseases, heart disease, cancer, asthma, depression, eczema, neuroinflammation (brain fog, migraine, anxiety etc), dementia. Every person has their 'inflammatory load' …
This one surprised me, to be honest. Something everyone can do, it's easy and takes hardly any time - I like that kind of tip! So, if you have any kind of inflammatory condition - arthritis, fibromyalgia, heart disease, IBS, listen up... When people think of the causes of inflammation, they think of leaky gut, …
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Calprotectin is one of the most useful inflammatory markers on a gut test. It can be a bit of a shock when it looks high, but actually the numbers mean different things. It can be a very useful way to differentiate between IBS type issues causing mild inflammation or Inflammatory Bowel Disease like Crohn's or …
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Whenever I come across one of the 'syndromes' such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, IBS, I always test for gluten issues - NCGS, not just coeliac disease - and I very often find it! Even if I don't test or it doesn't show up, I will normally advise a trial off gluten, dairy and often grains. …
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Christine and I are trying our best to update the key books for you. This time, we've done the Gut Plan, checked it is up to date research-wise, ensured the right advice and products are there for you and all the links work etc. No mean feat, I can tell you. The Gut Plan The 62 page …
Extremely scary for someone who doesn't like being 'seen,' I thought it was about time I got myself on Youtube as part of my new role as natural medicine educator/communicator! I'm starting with some test videos for you as I know many of you still want some input from me when you are getting them …
April is IBS Awareness month apparently - Â and I've just managed to get in before the end of the month to update the IBS resources for you, phew! Been meaning to do it for ages. So, for your delectation, I have extended the IBS factsheet for you, adding a ton more info and updating all …
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  I absolutely agree with this. Over the past few years, I have come to the conclusion that anyone presenting with any form of gut or allergy problem, especially those tarred with the 'IBS' umbrella term which means diddly-squat really,  should be checked for gluten related disorders. Not that I'm bitter: if I had been diagnosed …
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Tell us something we don't know, although it is nice to see research catching us up! Nice also to see an admission that it is related to diet (for 'irritating foods', read mostly 'intolerance foods') and imbalances in the gut flora. IBS is a real disease, and it’s not ‘all in the head’ Irritable bowel …
If you know someone who is fed up with bloating, wind, acid, mushy erratic stools and constipation, then please tell them about the new Gut Plan package. I've just launched it at Purehealth. If you are hyper-sensitive, have multiple allergies/intolerances, inflammatory and/or auto-immune disorders, the TGF and Barrier Plans are for you, NOT this one, …