How Your Gut Microbiome Drives Inflammation in Autoimmune Disease.
Your gut microbiome shapes your immune system. Research has found gut dysbiosis, an imbalance in your gut bacteria, is a common link across most autoimmune conditions.
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Autoimmune Thyroid Disease, AIP and the Gut Microbiome
Autoimmune Thyroid Disease is the most common cause of thyroid dysfunction in Australia, affecting around 10-15% of the population. The Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) is used to identify dietary triggers, reduce inflammation, and improve thyroid symptoms.
Is IBD Autoimmune or Driven by the Gut Microbiome?
The gut microbiome is one of the most studied areas in IBD research. People with IBD tend to have lower diversity, fewer butyrate producers and more inflammatory species.
Your Microbiome May Hold the Key to Constipation
Constipation is a common problem for many people but before resorting to laxatives, it is important to identify the underlying cause.
Leaky Gut, Autoimmune Disease and The Gut Microbiome Connection
Leaky gut, aka intestinal permeability is a common factor in the biological mechanism that leads to the onset of autoimmune disease. Modulating the gut microbiome can restore gut integrity and improve immune function.
Gut Microbiome and Multiple Sclerosis
Incorporating microbiome analysis into clinical practice could contribute to more personalised management of MS.
Postbiotics: A new player in gut microbiome health?
While research into postbiotics is still in its early stages, there is growing evidence that they can provide gut health benefits.
How to protect and repair your microbiome alongside antibiotics
When was your last course of antibiotics? Did you suffer symptoms during or after antibiotic treatment? Did you protect your microbiome health while taking antibiotics? And have you done a microbiome test to see if your gut microbiome needs any targeted support to repair? These are questions we often ask during a first consultation where we explore a client’s health history.
The Importance of Bifidobacterium in Long Covid
Bifidobacterium may offer protection against Covid symptoms through its ability to modulate the immune response, reduce inflammation, and maintain gut barrier function.
How to Manage Reflux Naturally
Reflux, or Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is a chronic condition where stomach acid frequently flows back into the oesophagus, leading to mucosal damage and symptoms such as heartburn, regurgitation of food or acid, chest pain, chronic cough, difficulty swallowing and dental erosion.
Gut dysbiosis contributes to both reflux and GORD symptoms. Using Microbiome testing to identify the cause, and natural therapies to alleviate symptoms, is the key to managing reflux and protecting the gut microbiome.
My love affair with Cinnamon
Cinnamon has been valued for centuries for its medicinal properties, and research shows it can be effective in reducing high blood pressure, regulating glucose levels, reducing inflammation, and improving cognition.
Hair 500 Bio-Compatibility Testing
The Hair 500 Bio-Compatibility Test analyses over 500 different foods and household items to determine what items are compatible with your body on a cellular level. Once the incompatible items are removed, the cells are able to repair and function normally and the body can begin to heal itself naturally.
Diagnosing Autoimmune Disease
Not all Autoimmune Diseases cause symptoms immediately. It is possible to live with an AID for many years before symptoms become apparent or before an incident occurs that leads to an AID diagnosis.
Healing Autoimmune Disease Naturally
The Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) is a comprehensive program which focuses on diet and lifestyle factors known to be important modulators of immune function. Healing is supported by the removal of inflammatory stimuli to reduce the chronic inflammation that causes tissue damage.
What is the purpose of food?
For centuries we ate for energy and survival. Now we eat predominantly for pleasure. The difference in this mindset has come about through the enormous changes in the food industry over the past 50 to 100 years.
Vicky Ellenport
Registered Clinical Nutritionist and Microbiome Analyst