Category: Autoimmune

Healing Crohn’s with Personalised Care

Crohn’s is an inflammatory bowel disease that can affect any part of the digestive tract, however it’s normally the distal small bowel and colon that is impacted.

Living with Crohn’s Disease can be an overwhelming and stressful experience, the unpredictable nature of flare-ups, fatigue, pain and bowel changes can cause high levels of anxiety when you are experiencing a flare.

How much sugar are you consuming?

Did you know that the average Australian (including children) consumes around 40+ teaspoons of sugar per day without even trying? All of these sugars are normally hidden in foods that we’re told are healthy and they’re the foods that we feed to ourselves and our kids each day thinking we’re making a healthy choice.

Why check your microbiome?

The gut microbiome refers to different microbes and their function which include bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi and protists which are located in our digestive system and have a huge influence on our health.

SIBO – Do you have it?

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (or SIBO) is a significant health issue with many patients going through life not realising that their gut bacteria is severely out of balance. Although we have bacteria throughout the body the highest concentration should be in the colon, however, in the case of SIBO we tend to find there’s too much bacteria in the small intestine and an overgrowth has occurred.

SIBO can present with constipation (SIBO-C), a combination of constipation and diarrhea (SIBO-M) or with diarrhea only (SIBO-D), which is the most common. It can also be the cause of histamine intolerance, bloating, gas, abdominal pain, belching, flatulence and nausea just to name a few.