Following on from my overview on IBS, a lot of current advice is to treat the symptoms individually. One first line treatment is dietary management. Manipulating your fibre intake, and the type of fibre you include within your diet is part of that. It’s been ages since I talked about fibre, so a quick recap....

There’s a lot of scaremongering about what to eat, and the demonisation of certain foods and food groups. As touched on before, the dose makes the poison! Overconsumption of ANYTHING can lead to negative health implications. Today we’re back talking about carbs, which absolutely are fine to include as part of a balanced diet. The...

Do you need to eat carbs? Strictly speaking no. But also, it depends! Carbohydrates are not an essential part of our diet. By essential this means we have to get it from our diet as our bodies cannot produce it on its own (much like the essential amino acids we need from protein). When something...

Fibre My usual breakfast includes a piece of fruit (pink lady apples are my go-to), some granola (the new Bio&Me range from the Gut Health Dr is fab – the one today contains a huge variety of ingredients and has 8.3g fibre per 60g serving), along with a protein yoghurt/bar. Fibre is incredibly important for...