Leaky Gut Syndrome is one of many diseases that results from chronic inflammation. Poor gut health and inflammatory bowel diseases can be significant causes. Identified by naturopaths more than 25 years ago, leaky gut syndrome has now been recognised by the medical profession as Gut Permeability. Gut Health is Connected to All Aspects of Your … Read more
How our lives have changed 100,000 generations: hunters and gatherers 500 generations: introduction of agriculture 10 generations: industrial times 2 generations: eating highly processed foods While our lifestyles have changed, our genes do … Read more
Digestive bitters have a long history of traditional use, but how exactly do they work? Research explores how herbal bitters are able to stimulate our digestive secretions. Here are a number of theoretical models and the evidence behind them. However, bottom line is: Bitter herbs work. They help produce saliva which is the first biochemical … Read more
The origins of the SCD can be dated back to medical documents as early as 1888 which recommend patients with coeliac disease to avoid carbohydrates, specifically grains. The Story Behind the SCD The modern SCD is based on a protocol by Dr. Sidney Haas, a medical doctor in the United States who treated over … Read more
Article courtesy of Daniel Weber. Daniel comments: For many years Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) were claimed to be without side-effects, although many of us in the CAM profession found that unlikely. This latest study shows how right we were and how wrong the biomedical industry was. Hydrochloric acid is absolutely necessary for functioning digesting and … Read more
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects almost 20% of Australians and New Zealanders1, and is known to cause significant distress in sufferers. Once relegated to the stigmatised tag of a psychosomatic disorder, it is now clearly recognised as having a solid physiological basis caused by a relationship between genetic susceptibility and environmental triggers.2 Just some of … Read more
Digestive disorders are now considered rampant and new evidence is pointing to the rise in metabolic acidosis, the new ‘disease of civilisation’, as the cause. by Toni Crisp (Nut Med) B Arts (Journalism) Metabolic acidosis is a condition in which the body produces too much acid or when the kidneys cannot remove or neutralise acids in … Read more
When it comes to supplements, there is a lot of conflicting information around. Some people insist that if you eat a healthy balanced diet, there is no need to supplement. Yes, and, No. We live in a world where soils have become both depleted in nutrients and polluted with chemicals. Even if the mineral level … Read more
Metabolic Acidosis: The Modern Scourge Escalating Digestive Disorders Metabolic acidosis is a condition in which the body produces too much acid or when the kidneys cannot remove or neutralise acids in the body. Scientists have found that low grade chronic metabolic acidosis is common but often goes undetected because it most often occurs despite normal … Read more
Food intolerance is a result of a reaction to a food, beverage, food additive or component found in food that produce symptoms in one or more of the body’s organs and systems, but is not a true allergy. Food intolerance can also be triggered by incomplete digestion of food which may result in poor assimilation … Read more
