Is your bowel moving too fast or too slow? People come to the clinic for bowel issues. They come generally, because their bowel is either moving too fast or too slow, or it's a combination of both. It could have been happening for a short time, or for a long time. People tend to wait a really long time before doing something about their bowel, and this can [...]
There are two types of diarrhoea: Acute and chronic Acute diarrhoea is generally from food poisoning or other infectious agent like a virus, bacteria or parasite. This sort of diarrhoea is self limiting. It's the body's way to get rid of something that it's not happy with. Most times, it’s best to let this diarrhoea run its course. Chronic diarrhoea is a common sign [...]
Do you have an unhealthy gut? Unless you have been living under a rock you have heard about gut health and how it impacts your daily life. I see people daily that haven't made the connection to their gut health. 1. Halitosis or bad breath This is more than bad breath. This is coming from the gut region not the mouth. No matter how much [...]
Digestion is something we really take for granted until something goes wrong! The dictionary defines digestion as the process of digesting food and a person’s capacity to digest food. We really should care about our digestion as it is the difference between poor health and great health. Digestion starts in the mouth and ends with excretion out of the anus (I know gross!). There are [...]
Gut Health is the key to a happy, healthy, illness free life. The gut microflora or bacteria as it is often called is a well tuned environment. Too much bad bacteria can cause an upset of the gut’s flora and gives rise to opportunistic pathogens, bacteria and viruses which are ingested with food and dealt with by the body’s immune system which is mostly [...]
As human beings we are made up of 100 trillion bacteria. Yep that’s right you heard me correctly. 100 trillion! These bacteria control many aspects of our health. Probably many more than we realize. The bacteria in our guts helps us to digest our foods, regulate our hormones , synthesise vitamins and minerals, maintain the integrity of our gut wall , excrete toxins, provides [...]
