by Holly Blenkinsopp | Feb 7, 2022 | Blog
Wind (gas) can provide clues about digestive health. Upper wind can result in symptoms like belching, reflux, nausea. Lower wind can result in symptoms like bloating, heavy feeling, abdominal pain, and flatulence. Upper wind Do you belch? Perhaps you have other...
by Holly Blenkinsopp | Jan 18, 2022 | Blog
Bloating, gassy, cramps, heavy, uncomfortable? One minute you can’t go to the loo and the next minute you can’t get off it? No one should have to live with the pain and embarrassment of digestive troubles. A possible cause is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). It’s...
by Holly Blenkinsopp | Jan 15, 2022 | Blog
This delicious green vegetable of the Brassicas family derives its name from the Italian Broccolo meaning “flowering crest of cabbage”. It has been grown since the medieval times, with its origins in the Mediterranean1 and varieties include the common dark green...
by Holly Blenkinsopp | Jan 10, 2022 | Blog
I love baking, and I’m a fan of the Great British Bake Off, are you? Baking isn’t easy if you have digestive troubles and need to avoid gluten (GF), dairy (DF), fruits, dried fruit, syrups (e.g., maple, golden, honey), sugar etc. I’ve altered many recipes over the...
by Holly Blenkinsopp | Dec 31, 2021 | Blog
As a chocolate lover myself I researched the nutritional benefits of chocolate. Milk chocolate is a food craved by many of us because it contains that magic 50:50 ratio of fat: sugar and the only other unprocessed source that has an equal amount fat and sugar is...
by Holly Blenkinsopp | Nov 25, 2021 | Blog
Are your digestive symptoms confusing? Maybe you’ve considered avoiding certain foods but are not sure which foods are bothering you. Perhaps you have suffered on and off for quite a while and want to understand how to manage your constipation, diarrhoea, reflux,...