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IBS Relief: Could a Combined Low-FODMAP and Gluten-Free Approach Be the Solution?

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal condition characterised by persistent abdominal discomfort, bloating, and irregular bowel habits. Affecting around 10–15% of the global population, IBS presents notable challenges for both patients and healthcare providers due to its multifaceted origins and the lack of a definitive cure. Dietary interventions have become a cornerstone in managing IBS symptoms, with the Low-FODMAP and gluten-free diets gaining substantial attention...

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Rising Cancer Rates Among Younger Adults: The Role of Diet and Lifestyle

The notion that cancer is predominantly a disease of old age is evolving. Recent analyses indicate that in the G20 group of industrialised nations, cancer rates are increasing more rapidly among younger populations compared to older ones. This trend has been confirmed by scientists at the American Cancer Society (ACS), who found that younger generations, particularly Gen X and Millennials, are more likely to develop certain types of cancer than Baby Boomers[1]. Half of the 34 types of cancer studied...

Digestive Health Lifestyle Medicine Diets

Lifestyle factors for the prevention and care of people with inflammatory bowel disease

Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) typically featuring chronic diarrhoea (with or without bleeding), abdominal pain, and weight loss. These affect an estimated 3.1 million adults in the USA and another 1.3 million in Europe[1],[2]. Globally, the incidence of IBD is increasing, particularly in newly industrialised countries[3]. These diseases are characterised by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. However, other symptoms...

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The ‘cross talk’ between sleep, nutrition, and immunity

Sleep affects various immune parameters, and is associated with reduced infection risk and can improve infection outcome, autoimmunity, and vaccination responses[1]. Adequate nutrition is an essential factor that also supports the immune system[2]. Not only as it provides fuel for rapidly metabolising immune cells, but also many micronutrients operate as regulators of the immune system, including the generation of cytokines, antibodies, and many immune-active proteins and metabolites. Many modifiable...

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SCFAs and Skin Health

‘It’s easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled’ attributed to Mark Twain The relationship between the gut and skin health has been one of contention for several years. Primarily the mechanism requires there to be an agreement that the outcome of digestion impacts skin quality. This may seem an obvious connection, but for many people, this is either not understood or denied, often supported by well-meaning clinicians who are also unaware of the important connection A paper...

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Enzymes and Lipids – a Healthy Vasculature Can Make

It was over 2,000 years ago that the Japanese population made natto a staple of their diet. Natto is a cheese-like food composed of soybeans fermented with a bacterium – Bacillus subtillis. Recognised for its beneficial cardiovascular effects, it has been extensively studied[1]. Relatively little was known regarding the mechanism by which natto intake led to an overall improvement in cardiovascular health until the 1980s. A potent fibrinolytic enzyme called nattokinase was discovered in natto in...

Immune Health Digestive Health Diets

The Guts of Health

Our digestive tract is a repository for a multitude of information processing cells, some of which are human and others not. Harbouring a diverse population of organisms in the human gut, including bacteria, fungi, viruses and sometimes parasites, means they interact with each other and with the immune system. In the last few years next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques have revealed that the genes of gut microbes outnumber human genes by ~150- fold and that the gut microbiota displays unique...

Weight management Vitamins Diets

‘Here’s the thing’

In clinical practice, where lifestyle intervention is the primary strategy, it can be a real challenge to firstly motivate for change and then facilitate ongoing adoption of changed behaviours to create an evolved and enhanced health status. This can be so problematic that many primary healthcare professionals more familiar with pharmaceutical allocation find the prospect of an adaptive approach too off-putting. On the other side, there are many who pivot from pharmaceutical approaches to nutraceutical...

Digestive Health Brain Health Diets

Food for Brain Health

Our brain is a remarkable and flexible organ, responsive to numerous stimuli throughout our lifespan. Food is one of those inputs over which a high level of personal control exists, yet for many the concept that our brain can be enhanced, sustained, and evolved by the selection of what is eaten remains a mystery. From early development to periods of age-related decline the long-term timeline represents a series of milestone opportunities to intervene, engage and support optimal brain health and sustainability...

Immune Health Vitamins Diets

‘Nostalgia’ is a Problem

Looking back to a different time, a better time, is a common occurrence. It’s very likely that you have engaged in reflective thoughts and conjured up happier times and longed for their return? Personal warm and fuzzy memories are generally benign, help to pass the day and induce a sense of historical experiential peacefulness. When Nostalgia is a Problem On a less benign front, the nostalgia for a time when the earth’s resources including minerals, carbon, and animals could be extracted and used...

IBS Relief: Could a Combined Low-FODMAP and Gluten-Free Approach Be the Solution?

Rising Cancer Rates Among Younger Adults: The Role of Diet and Lifestyle

Lifestyle factors for the prevention and care of people with inflammatory bowel disease

The ‘cross talk’ between sleep, nutrition, and immunity

SCFAs and Skin Health

Enzymes and Lipids – a Healthy Vasculature Can Make

The Guts of Health

‘Here’s the thing’

Food for Brain Health

‘Nostalgia’ is a Problem

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