Herbal Medicine & Gut Health | Australia
Ulcerative colitis is a subtype of inflammatory bowel disease that I commonly see in my clinic. Often the patient is experiencing abdominal pain and blood, mucous or urgency with their bowel movements (or all three). Sometimes they have lost so …
Escherichia coli, or E. coli, is a gram negative bacteria that is a common inhabitant in a healthy gut. However, certain strains of this particular species are known pathogens that can contribute to active inflammation and drive inflammatory bowel …
Today we’re going to be talking about inflammatory bowel disease including some natural treatment approaches and root causes theories on the drivers of inflammatory bowel disease that aren’t often discussed.
If you are struggling with inflammatory bowel disease and you’re …
Hydrogen sulfide producing bacteria could be playing a role in your leaky gut and inflammatory bowel disease. Today we will explore which bacteria, often found in your large bowel, produce hydrogen sulfide and how they may be driving increased intestinal …
The interplay between intestinal permeability and different disease states is a major interest of mine. Naturopaths, Herbalists and wisdom traditions including, among others, Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine have known that the different body systems influence and affect each other in …
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease characterised by antibodies directed at the pancreatic beta cells which produce your body’s insulin. This article will explore the gut microbiota as it influences the onset and development of type 1 diabetes.
Now that we have covered what intestinal permeability or ‘leaky gut’ actually is we can now move onto some possible health conditions associated with the condition.
As previously covered the intestinal barrier forms a front line defence against anything we …
Is leaky gut a prerequisite to developing an autoimmune condition? Dr. Alessio Fasano thinks so.
Autoimmune diseases have been an interest of mine since learning that a close friend had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at a young age. Before …