Thyroid health goes beyond thyroid medicines and supplements, it requires a comprehensive approach and must include some basic fundamentals. There are significant factors to improve thyroid health, and it is important to remember that gut health is foundational to thyroid health. If you have leaky gut, gut inflammation, gut infections or parasites, heartburn, poor digestion, or chronic constipation or diarrhoea, you'll never experience optimum thyroid health.  Read the full article

It can simply start out with enjoyable social drinking or just having a few drinks to relax and de-stress you when your under pressure. Gradually, drinking alcohol may start turning into drinking for the sake of drinking. Often not even being aware of how subtle the shift happens. Read the full article

Digestion is a crucial part of the body’s metabolic equation.  Suffering from poor digestion upsets this balance and causes your body more harm.  You can eat a balanced diet, but unless the food is digested properly, you simply won’t be able to grow and repair. Read the full article

Dysbiosis is the state of disordered microbial ecology that causes disease.  It may exist in the oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract or vaginal cavity.  In dysbiosis, organisms of low intrinsic virulence, including bacteria, yeasts and protozoa, induce disease by altering the nutrition or immune responses of their host. Read the full article

Yeasts are a class of fungus that are round or oval in form and reproduce by budding.  Although there are many different types of yeast, our discussion is limited to the strain of body yeast belonging to the genus Candida that can cause health problems for humans. Read the full article

(this article gives quite a technical look into the functions or your metabolism and gut - if you would like a simpler explanation then don't hesistate to ask your practitioner about it) Read the full article

The microflora of the gut constitute a complex eco-system of good and bad bugs. A simple urine test will help you identify your state of microbial ecology, which is improtant to know, espically when it comes to your hormonal balance. Read the full article