Coeliac Disease and beyond – essentials of gut health
March 13 -20 is Coeliac Awareness Week Coeliac Disease is an autoimmune disorder causing small bowel damage. An autoimmune response is triggered by the consumption of gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye and results in the damage of intestinal villi -...
Ovarian Cancer – there are things you CAN do
February is Ovarian Cancer awareness month. This is a very tricky cancer to diagnose and treat. There are no screening tests available. Early symptoms can be very vague and are often dismissed. Most women are diagnosed at a late stage and this contributes to poor...
Heart Health
February (RedFeb) is Heart Research Month - and this is a topic that I am really excited about. I believe that our understanding of heart disease is far from complete. Once we have a deeper insight into how exactly it develops we will have a whole new toolkit for...
The foundations of good health
As we settle into the New Year, many of us will have health goals we wish to achieve. Whatever your goal might be, a sound foundation is where we all need to start. Nutrition Over the years there have been so many different diets that have claimed health...
Carb Confusion
Carb Confusion Carbohydrates have become a feared food group, to the extent that fruit avoidance is not uncommon. Is this justified? Can science help us make sense of it? An interesting study was published in the American Journal of Physiology this month. The study...
Starving your way out of diabetes
A study published in a prestigious journal, Cell, has found that intermittent starvation can remodel pancreatic cells and effectively a reverse diabetes. In this study, diabetic mice were subjected to ‘fasting mimicking diet’ (FMD) that was severely calorie...
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