Herbal Medicine & Gut Health | Byron Bay & Australia
Methane dominant SIBO, also known as methane SIBO or constipation SIBO, is a form of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. The predominant microbe, called Methanobrevibacter smithii, is an archaeon which can convert hydrogen into methane, resulting in slowed intestinal transit.
The …
Welcome to the Australian guide to the Complete Microbiome Mapping gut testing.
This guide will be covering a new test on the Australian market that gives you an incredible amount of insight when it comes to digestive health and gut …
Anyone who has been reading this blog will know that I have been struggling with Blastocystis homins and Dientamoeba infections since contracting them, four years ago, in the Byron Bay hinterland. More on my story here.
Today I’d like to …
You have found gut infection and now are considering antibiotics for Blastocystis. There has been a debate in the literature as to whether Blastocystis is pathogenic or not. Some consider it pathogenic and others list the huge amount of …
I have been looking for the link between bacterial and parasite gut infections and damage to the liver for some time now. Along with the positive stool results showing that I had the parasites Blastocystis hominis and Dientamoeba fragilis and …
I have come across L-glutamine a dozen or so times when looking for different methods to heal intestinal permeability or leaky gut and I’m sure if you are reading this you have as well. So when I sat down to …
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 …
Some may find the link between gut microbes and disease states like ankylosing spondylitis hard to grasp. How can an imbalanced gut ecosystem result in an inflammatory arthritic condition? This article will explore these concepts with a focus on Klebsiella …
Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is a common gastrointestinal disorder. One paper cites anywhere between 3-20% of the population suffers from IBS.
As the diagnosis irritable bowel syndrome is simply a description of the symptoms it’s clear that we haven’t …
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is common. More common than you might think. Estimates vary depending on the study but it is somewhere in the ballpark of 3-20% of certain populations worldwide. Not only is it common the effects of IBS …
Sick of extreme diets? Are one-size fits all treatment approaches getting you nowhere fast? Lets work together to get to the bottom of your digestive and health issues.