Research shows that if you have irritable bowel syndrome, eating a diet low in FODMAPs is likely to reduce your symptoms. I discuss what FODMAPs are and how they help IBS here. Briefly a low FODMAP diet restricts foods that contain certain types of carbohydrates, specifically fermentable carbohydrates. However, though a low FODMAP diet is […]
elimination diet
Which therapy – chronic pain and rheumatoid arthritis
This is the second post in a series of posts about the potential benefits of complementary therapies for people living with chronic pain. In case you missed it, you can find the first post here. This post focusses on research related to several complementary therapies and rheumatoid arthritis. As reported in a review article in […]
The autoimmune diet that puts autoimmune disease into remission
If you had an autoimmune disease wouldn’t you want to know about a diet that helped in just six weeks? Well, that is what this study shows. 73% of people with inflammatory bowel disease were helped in weeks by an autoimmune diet. What is inflammatory bowel disease? The inflammatory bowel diseases are ulcerative colitis and […]
Why am I reacting to everything I eat?
As a herbalist, I am often asked this question. If you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, avoiding your trigger foods can help to prevent symptoms. Yet, if you’re not sure what your trigger foods are. Or you find yourself eating fewer and fewer foods, it can be a scary outlook. As well as creating a […]
4R program – Remove the triggers
This is the second in a series of blog posts about the 4R program for optimising your digestion and gut health. You can read the first part by following the link below. Part one: Optimise your digestive health Remove the triggers of inflammation The first phase in improving your gut health is to remove the things […]
