Tag: ibs

  • Food Intolerances Exposed

    Food Intolerances Exposed

    Our Resident Nutrition Consultant, Kate Arnold gets to grips with food allergies and exposes the issues surrounding food intolerances and how they are tested. So firstly, what exactly is a food allergy? Food allergies occur when a food triggers a reaction in the immune system. The body mistakenly makes an antibody (IgE) to fight off the perceived…

  • IBS or just bad bread?

    IBS or just bad bread?

    Bread, or more commonly wheat and gluten are the most common ingredients that patients talk about, and not necessarily in a good way! These seemingly harmless ingredients may cause digestive problems like bloating, headaches, fatigue, nausea, IBS etc. More often than not bread is avoided due to a self diagnosis of wheat or gluten intolerance…

  • Alison Belcourt Nutrition

    Alison Belcourt Nutrition

    ALISON BELCOURT – BA (Hons) DipION MBANT MAR Alison Belcourt specialises in hormonal problems, digestive health, Chronic fatigue syndrome, infertility, PCOS. For the last 15 years Alison has worked in a number of clinics in the Kent, Sussex and London. She is a member of BANT and is NTCC and CNHC registered. Alison keeps up…

  • FODMAP Diet

    FODMAP Diet

    Following on from last months article on SIBO, this issue will look at the pros and cons of the low FODMAP diet, an exclusion diet specifically targeted at IBS and bowel problems. For those of you who are suffering from bowel issues and have had no luck with probiotics, other exclusion diets and seem to…