Gut

Today’s Brain Booster is: Quit the cult! For nearly a century, we’ve all been part of a cult. Every single one of us. The common ideology. The daily brainwashing. Blind allegiance to charismatic [...]

The wooden figurehead in the window of the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum is called a Gaper. Starting in the late 16th century in the Netherlands, Gapers were displayed outside pharmacies, and soon [...]

Today’s Health Headline is: microbes mess with our genes! I haven’t forgotten about the Brain Booster, I’m saving it for a treat later. Did you know that you have a gene called ‘The Guardian [...]

Last week’s Brain Booster was Go with your gut — a deep dive into all things gut health. It was another very long segment so I ended it after the Health Headline. That means if you haven’t [...]

What does this image have to do with gut health? Think of your body as a planet. It’s inhabited by trillions of micro-organisms adapted to the various environments provided by different parts of [...]

In spite of the incredible advances in science, medicine and technology, why are we seeing soaring rates of chronic diseases? Why has there been a surge in colon cancer in young people? Why are [...]

Do you put the toilet seat down before you flush? Flushing the toilet can produce a plume of vapour that travels faster than 2 metres per second (6.6 feet) and reaches a height of 1.5 metres [...]

Recently I’ve been asked about the sugar, alcohol and caffeine content of kombucha, so here are my answers.  Firstly, there is no such thing as completely sugar-free kombucha.  While kombucha can [...]

Up to one in four Australian women live with chronic pelvic pain due to endometriosis or irritable bowel syndrome.  This shouldn’t be the case. Part of the problem is the difficulty in receiving [...]

Do you suffer from frequent abdominal cramping, bloating, gas, diarrhoea, constipation or a combination of these symptoms? Have you been tested for a variety of abdominal disorders only to be [...]