You Are What You Absorb – Junk Food and Gut Flora
“You are what you eat” would be better expressed as “You are what you absorb”. From the day of birth everything that we consume contributes to the formation of our...
The Forgotten Organ – Looking After Your Gut Flora
The human gut is home to trillions of micro-organisms. In a healthy body the ‘friendly’ organisms keep the enemies at bay, so we can view our friendly bacteria as a...
Taking Probiotics – A Friendship Worth Cultivating or a Waste of Money?
Probiotics have been around since the 1950’s and they have become increasingly popular due to the widespread prescription of antibiotics, which are known to play havoc with gut flora. There...
Ayurvedic Treatment For Blastocystosis
Blastocystosis is the medical term for the condition caused by infection with Blastocystis – a single-celled parasite that inhabits the gastrointestinal tract, both of humans and of any other type...