In a conventional medical setting, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a diagnosis of exclusion, meaning that once serious pathologies have been ruled out, a patient who fits the Rome IV criteria (see below) will likely be diagnosed with IBS. As Naturopaths, we are trained to look beyond this ‘umbrella’ diagnosis, and understand that IBS more […]
The humble water bottle. It is an absolute necessity for all children, every single day of the year. But what are we housing our water in? Plastic, Aluminium, Stainless steel, Glass? School is back in only a couple of weeks (not that we are counting hey?) and now is a great time to think about […]
Life in general is pretty good at pulling us in all different directions at once and when it gets a bit too much stress is our body’s natural response. That fight or flight reaction we have is really handy if we are in danger and need to protect ourselves from a life or death situation […]
“Oh wow, we have the same birthday” I said gently, sitting cross legged on the floor opposite a woman of my exact age, her name was Kaliti. She smiled weakly. She had been pleased to see me but there was an unbelievable sadness to her that made me want to talk softly and slowly so […]
ADVANCES IN PROBIOTICS When it comes to the topic of probiotics it’s easy to get confused. Sure, most of us know that probiotics are great for keeping our gut bugs happy and healthy and preventing illness but when it comes to treating specific digestive complaints like IBS, Chron’s disease, food intolerances or travellers’ diarrhoea is there a more […]