For many acne sufferers, the digestive system is a critical but often overlooked part of the picture. Intestinal permeability, or leaky gut, can allow bacteria and toxins into the bloodstream, triggering systemic…
Gut Health
Supporting Gut Health Naturally After Antibiotic Use
Antibiotics are among the best tools of modern medicine, preventing countless deaths from serious bacterial infections. But these life-saving medications do come with a cost. While they eliminate harmful bacteria, antibiotics often…
Do Fermented Foods Replace the Need for a Probiotic?
Fermented foods and beverages, such as sauerkraut, kimchi and kombucha, were a regular part of our ancestors’ diets for thousands of years. Originally a method of preserving produce from harvest time through…
Antibiotics and Probiotics – The Facts
Fact 1: Antibiotic overuse is a serious problem. When you’re faced with an infection that your immune system is struggling to overcome, antibiotics can be lifesavers. However, we do have a tendency…
Natural Ways to Navigate Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
IBS affects one in ten Australians. Symptoms range in severity from mild to debilitating and include digestive discomfort, excessive flatulence (gas), bloating, constipation or diarrhoea, or alternation between the two. These symptoms…
The Mind-Gut Connection is Real
Did you know that your gut and your brain are in constant conversation? They have a very close relationship, with your mental state influencing gut function and vice versa. Maybe you’ve experienced…
7 tips to improve your digestion.
The act of sitting comfortably at your dining table to have a meal is not only pleasant but can also help improve your digestion! When you are seated with food in…
How to Avoid Digestive Symptoms when Taking Magnesium.
Have you ever started taking a magnesium supplement, excited for it to help your sleep, boost your energy or reduce your stress levels and/or muscle cramps, and then promptly stopped taking it…
When is a Multi-Strain Probiotic a Good Idea?
You may have heard probiotics can provide a multitude of beneficial effects, but how do you know which one to choose when you’re confronted by a countless range of options? What probiotic…
5 Ways You Might Upset Your Gut Microbiome and What to Do About It
Microbiome 101 ‘Microbiome’ is a hot topic right now for anyone interested in health; but you may be wondering what exactly it is? You’ve potentially heard about the good bacteria living within…