Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is experienced by approximately 30% of people at some point in their life. It accounts for up to 20% of all referrals to gastroenterologists. It is both a complex and multifaceted condition. Symptoms of IBS include abdominal pain and discomfort, constipation and/or diarrhoea, flatulence, urgency to defecate and a sense of [...]
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The Low FODMOP diet; treating irritable bowel syndrome successfully…
Monday, January 30th, 2012Its Movember, the month of the moustache… so here’s a few interesting mens health facts!
Sunday, November 6th, 20111. Looking after your heart…Eat your greens.
There are many steps involved in keeping your heart health…one of them is to include something green in your diet daily. An emerging risk factor for developing heart disease is a high level of an amino acid in the blood called homocysteine. It can be caused by a genetic [...]
Surviving Christmas…
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Some research indicates that, on average, people gain 2 kg in the four-week Christmas period. That is equivalent to an intake of an extra 600 calories per day in food terms; a few drinks and canapés at a party, or of course the take-away on the way home after a night out, or a fried [...]