Today we cannot escape environmental toxins as they are increasingly in the air, water, soil and by extension, in the food we eat. Of course we can always grow some of our own food if we are lucky enough to have a backyard and use natural compost and fertilizers and I highly recommend this. Probably the most toxic thing that is happening to our planet is coal gas seam mining and horizontal drilling which is literally flooding our underground water channels with thousands of toxic chemicals.

Research published in the June issue of the journal Hepatology has found patients with an advanced form of fatty liver are more likely to have increased intestinal permeability and bacterial overgrowth in their small intestine. The severity of these intestinal conditions correlates with the severity of fatty liver.

A healthy bowel is essential for a healthy life. You can never really achieve optimal health if you have a sluggish or lazy bowel. Most people eat at least three times a day, therefore it is important to have between one and three thorough bowel movements each day. Having less frequent bowel movements is a sign that your liver and your metabolism in general are not functioning at an optimum level. It also means you will be reabsorbing toxins back into your bloodstream that your body is supposed to be eliminating.

A study has found that women with an autoimmune disease are up to three times more likely to have a child with autism than the general population. The autoimmune diseases [...]

  Supplementation of your diet with L-Glutamine helps to address distressing symptoms such as diarrhoea and poor digestion, which are associated with irritable bowel syndrome. L-Glutamine is one of the [...]

The Bristol stool chart is a medical aid designed to classify the form of human faeces into seven categories.

Abdominal bloating is an extremely common and annoying complaint.  I’m talking about the kind of bloating that sees your belly expand as the day progresses – the afternoon bloat.  The [...]

It is very important to make sure you are not deficient in Vitamin D! It is not a deficiency of calcium which causes osteoporosis; it is lack of vitamin D. [...]

Research has found that some people with coeliac disease have an autoimmune disease that destroys their bones! Coeliac disease (also known as gluten intolerance) is an autoimmune disease whereby the [...]

How acidic or alkaline our diet is can have a great impact on our health. An acidic food is one that leaves an acidic residue in our body after it [...]