My own ill health initiated my journey to becoming a nutritional therapist. As a child I suffered constant infections, received numerous antibiotics and this began a cycle of poor ...

Intestinal permeability or leaky gut is often defined as an increase in the permeability of intestinal mucosa – permitting small molecules (including foods), toxins and bacteria to ...

What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a major sterol in animal tissue, made principally by the liver and is a structural component of every cell membrane in the body and is the precursor ...

Our intestines contain approximately 100,000 billion microbes compared to the 1000 billion on our skin and our intestinal microbiota weighs about 1.5kg, which is the same ...

Therapists talk a lot about balance, but what exactly do we mean – especially in relation to the gut? Balance, out of a clinical setting, means different things to different ...

Nutritional therapy, Anxiety and Panic Attacks Nutritional therapy focuses on identifying nutritional imbalances, which can affect physiological function and restoring homeostasis...

The way we buy, prepare and consume food has changed dramatically over the last 50 years. From the proliferation of convenience and takeaway foods to ‘eating on the go’, how we eat is a direct ...

I recently had the privilege of attending the Nutritional Psychiatry Summit in London, which focused on the role of food, nutrients and microbes in mental health. The audience was a collection ...

We are all aware that stress has a negative impact on our health but do we really know the consequences of our actions? A little stress can be a positive influence and can motivate us to power ...

There is constant hype surrounding the next miracle producing super food and the amazing properties it contains. However, in our endless quest for the latest essential powders from ...