Is your gut making you sick?

No matter how unrelated a disease may appear to be there is a great deal of evidence to show that many conditions and diseases are indeed linked to the digestive system. For example, toxic substances produced by unhealthy gut flora can often produce general symptoms that appear to have no relation to digestive health, such as: general lack of wellbeing, fatigue, drowsiness, headaches, muscle and joint aches, sleeping problems, urinary tract infections and the list goes on.

The Gastrointestinal system (GIT) with a 5-6 metre tube that begins with the mouth and ends at…

How to make your child fat – and how not to!

What better gift to give your child than your love, but the greater gift, the gift of glowing health. Childhood obesity and overweight children is now the most talked about childhood problem today. Nearly every day the topic is in the national news whilst expert after expert bombards us with facts and the reasons they see as being behind this epidemic. It is indeed a very serious problem. Just because childhood obesity is a growing problem doesn't mean it can‟t be overcome. It certainly can and I hope…

We are living in a world of serious epidemics. More and more common are the occurrences of Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder (ADHD/ADD), dyslexia, dyspraxia, obsessive compulsive disorder, depression and other neurological conditions. There is a growing trend in western society of chronic conditions, such as asthma, sinusitis, hayfever, eczema, dermatitis/hives, obesity, recurring infections, chronic fatigue syndrome and others.

Underlying many of these disorders and chronic conditions manifesting especially in our children are food allergies or food intolerances. It is not just to our common food groups such as cow’s milk and wheat that our children are now showing…