Do you know the root cause of your IBS symptoms?

When you work on the root causes you can significantly reduce your symptoms. But it might be more than one thing.

You don’t always have to suffer, your symptom can improve when you know your trigger

Are you someone who knows what is going to cause the burning of indigestion and heartburn? or does it creep up on you?

Firstly what can be the root causes of indigestion?

A food allergy or intolerance, possibly to dairy, wheat, soy or eggs (3)

Not making enough bile; to digest fatty foods (4)

Dysbiosis, More non-beneficial than beneficial bacteria, possibly moving into the small intestines (5)

A H-pylori infection; causes the stomach to become less acidic and research now associates H-pylori with stomach ulcers. (6)

Not enough stomach acid; The food you eat ferments in the stomach causing the lower oesophageal sphincter to flap releasing acid into the oesophagus and throat (7)

Eating when stressed; You are not digesting food properly, again leading to fermentation in the stomach.

Not chewing; Larger particles of food can be left undigested, causing fermentation

Eating a high sugar, High processed food diet; Disrupts the microbiome

What can you do to help yourself?

Reducing the amount of processed foods and high-carb foods being consumed will help to balance the microbiome and to lose weight.

A low carb lifestyle encourages more over-the-ground vegetables that promote bile production helping to break down the fat, and as an additional benefit promoting the absorption of fat-dependent nutrients.

Taking your time to eat, sitting somewhere quiet, and chewing, promotes your parasympathetic ( rest and digest) nervous system to work properly.

You produce enough stomach acid to digest the thoroughly chewed food, so that instead of sitting in your stomach fermenting, it is slowly released into your intestines to slowly provide you with energy

Try incorporating time restrictive eating into your daily routine. When we eat within an 8-10 hour window we give our bodies time to properly digest food before we go to bed

There any many food intolerance tests on the market. Which one do I recommend?

It might be you suddenly have an allergic reaction to one of the top allergens.

It might be that you develop food intolerance to food that is supposedly healthy for you, ginger, cabbage, eggs for example.

It can be baffling and frustrating, it can be up to 72 hours before a reaction occurs with food intolerances making it hard to pinpoint the culprit.

Work with me, we will go through the food intolerance report I recommend slowly, I will look for cross-reactivities and we will decide whether to eliminate these foods as well.

I will ask you to complete a detailed food and symptom journal so I can check if you are reacting.

I can provide you with recipes that exclude the food you want to eliminate so that you don’t feel overwhelmed.

Alongside we will work to heal the gut and strengthen your immune system.

In an ideal world, what do you want from your future? Don’t worry about how you are going to get there right now, just picture yourself.

What would you like your health to be like?

What do you look like?

What is your lifestyle,

what are you top 5 top reasons for wanting this vision of you in the future.

September feels like a new start, the summer is starting to fade, we start looking towards darker evenings where we can snuggle under a blanket on the sofa wearing our comfy clothes, and if you are like me look forward to the joy of soups, stews and slow cooked casseroles filling the house with evocative smells.

But September can also be a stressful time, with children going to school for the first time, and older children going to university. Whatever age your children are at, starting to loosen the apron strings is hard, getting your child ready for independence can be stressful

Here is a fact that you may not know.

Your body’s reaction to stress is an ancient evolutionary response to give you the energy to make quick decisions so you can RUN AWAY…… Now in today's daily life we rarely have to run away from things that want to eat us… I'm assuming that's true for most of us!

Our body reacts the same whether we are sitting in traffic worried about being late or having argued with our husband/boss/ child, you can pick, or the internet has gone down again losing a morning's work.

So while I can’t change life's ups and downs for you, I can’t make the M25 easier to drive around..Imagine if I could? I can give you some tips and advice for learning how to lower your stress

Who doesn’t love a good holiday? Whether it’s a beach escape, a trip to the slopes or a city break, it’s a chance to rest, reset and de-stress. Taking time off to relax is an important part of wellness, almost as much as all the other things that contribute to a healthy, happy life like eating well and moving your body.

What can YOU do, to have a great holiday that doesn’t negatively impact you, not only while you're away, has anyone not suffered from a holiday tum? But also when you get home.

Do you suffer from IBS symptoms? Would a low FODMAP diet benefit you? This blog investigates why a low FODMAP diet might be good for you, what to include and what to avoid and there are suggestion for tests a GP or a nutritional therapist can order.

How we look affects how we feel. So it’s important to look after our outermost covering! Skin is amazing.

Not only does it keep our insides in, but also it protects us from infection, radiation and dehydration, keeps us warm and makes us look good. While we are most aware of our ‘outside skin’, the ‘inside skin’ of the lungs and digestive tract covers a much larger area.

This entire surface is replaced every 20 days, and the degree to which the condition of your skin is influenced by what you eat and drink, as well as other factors such as your environment and, more obviously, cosmetics, is quite remarkable...

Are you a hayfever sufferer like me?

If this is you, I sympathise: itchy, red, or watery eyes; runny or blocked nose; sneezing and coughing; itchy throat, mouth, nose, and ears; loss of smell; earache; headache; and feeling exhausted.

Spring and summer can be exhausting

Is your body trying to tell you something? What are the reasons we crave sugar and salt? Food is so much more than just calories, it’s information. Read on to find out what your body is telling you

Sustainable weight loss includes eating the right thing, portion control, knowing your drinks and sauces, keeping hydrated, flushing out toxins and keeping your liver healthy, exercising and taking self-care seriously, and keeping your hormones happy. But don’t do all this alone work with a nutritional therapist for success.

Is your IBS Driving you crazy?

How do you reward yourself? How do you comfort yourself when you are stressed? Think about that for a moment.

Rewarding yourself for your successes, both large and small, is a key part of staying motivated.

We are so time-poor that rewarding ourselves with treat foods like cake and biscuits is the easiest way to show ourselves some self-love. And it’s the same for soothing ourselves if we’ve had a bad day.

WHAT DOES A NUTRITIONAL THERAPIST DO EXACTLY?

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