Herbal Medicine & Gut Health | Byron Bay & Australia
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 …
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 …
Klebsiella infections are more common than you would think. Because you have ended up here I am assuming that you or someone you know has found a Klebsiella infection and you want to know more.
Read on to learn what …
Giardia lamblia (aka Giardia duodenalis, and Giardia intestinalis) is yet another protozoan parasite frequently encountered here in the Byron Bay region. Where you find other protozoan parasites, Blastocystis hominis, Dientamoeba fragilis and the likes, giardia should be …
Byron Bay, the land of rolling green hills, beautiful white sand beaches, warm ocean water… and parasites.
Yup I said it, parasites.
Unfortunately this is the elephant in the room that no one seems to be talking about, much less …
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 …
My interest in Functional Medicine and health in general came about from a very selfish place. Living in the Byron Bay hinterlands at the age of 27, for the first time in my life, I experienced the first symptoms that …
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.