Healthy foods? More or less likely to develop intolerances?

  ‘HEALTHY EATERS’ Those of you who have had tests with me already know how much I ‘bang on’ about frequent foods being the most likely foods for people to become intolerant of. Because most people tend in the western world to eat in a similar way, the most...

APRIL IS IBS AWARENESS MONTH!

  Irritable bowel syndrome is hardly a diagnosis! It just means the bowel is irritated by something, and it is a syndrome which is not fully understood. There are many possibilities for what irritates the bowel, but the top suspect has got to be food or drink....

HORMONES AND MIGRAINE

  This is a very good overview of how female hormones play a part in migraine during womens’ reproductive years. Take a look!...

BIG FIVE CAUSES OF MIGRAINE

  If migraine was only down to cheese and chocolate…as the perceived wisdom goes….it would be easy to sort! BUT there are always other things going on… 1.Food intolerance plays a part for sure, but not just cheese and chocolate. Cow’s milk...

INSIDE HEALTH RADIO 4 EXPLAINS FODMAPS DIET FOR IBS

  Yesterday’s ‘Inside Health on radio 4 with Dr Mark Porter interviewed a dietician who gave a very good explanation of the FODMAPS, and how well it works to help IBS symptoms.  FODMAPS is an exclusion diet, excluding fermentable oligosaccharides and...

LATEST RESEARCH AND NEWS FOR ECZEMA SUFFERERS

  Pre-conceptual stress in the mother. A new study from the University of Southampton interviewed 3848 before they were pregnant, and assessed their stress levels. They found that 1 in 6 of these women were experiencing severe stress in their lives. Those women...