Let’s be honest, looking at your child’s poo probably doesn’t rank as one of your most glamorous parenting jobs, but from a health perspective, it sure is one of the most important! Our bowel movements act like daily report cards [...]
There are a whole host of bugs flying around us at the moment and while yes, many of them are contagious and can be passed from one person to the next, not everyone who comes into contact with them will [...]
One of the most common things that I see in my practice is people suffering with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). If you’ve got IBS, I’m sure you don’t need me to define it, but for those of you that [...]
Why putting yourself first is a necessity, not selfish! As featured in CancerAid, December 2018 If you’ve ever been on an airplane, you would have sat through the safety demonstration where in the unlikely even of an emergency, the crew [...]
When I first started to specialise in gut health and digestion, my family (well, it was my brother actually) used to joke that I sat and talked sh*t all day. What he didn't realise is that our bowel movements [...]
I truly hope that you don’t need to use these tips and tricks, but the reality of winter with all the extra bugs floating around and more time spent in doors means that our chances of getting a cold may [...]
Our digestive system is incredibly complex and I happen to think, one of the most fascinating systems in the human body. If you think about it from the most basic and fundamental level, if your gut isn’t functioning properly you [...]
If the Christmas and festive season has left you feeling a little lack-lustre, you might be thinking that you need to detox. It’s something that lots of my patients have been asking me about over the last couple of weeks [...]
My great grandmother was one of the smartest, wisest and most beautiful, graceful souls that I have ever known. She was the sort of woman who wore pearls, carried a lace handkerchief in her black patent-leather handbag, did the crossword [...]
Well, the festive season is in full swing and as social gatherings, Christmas parties and end of year catch ups start filling our diaries, along comes the temptation to over-indulge a little more than we usually would.As you would know, [...]
We often hear lots about the importance of probiotics – the vast array of living, little bugs that help promote and support our health and digestion. One of the lesser spoken about heroes of gut and digestive function are prebiotics; [...]
Most of us have experienced a food craving at one point or another in our lives. A craving is more than just feeling like eating something. It’s an overwhelming desire that can seem inescapable until you get what you want. [...]
As featured in BODY+SOUL I often describe our digestive system as our own little internal rainforest. The health of our rainforest depends on a few things: the soil quality, the types/variety of plants growing, pollution levels, an optimal climate and [...]
As featured in Body+Soul on 5th June, 2016 Our immune system is like our own personal army, ready to fight off the variety of bugs that we may be coming into contact with over the cooler months. A healthy and [...]
As featured in Body+Soul Magazine As a naturopath, I often talk about the concept of synergy; the 1 + 1 = 3 scenario where 2 things together create a more powerful outcome than these things separately. With many conditions and [...]