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Weight Gain During Perimenopause: The Gut Connection You Might Be Missing

Mood changes, hot flushes, insomnia, the struggles of perimenopause are all too familiar. But for ma...

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Gut Feelings: 5 Tips to Alleviate Stress and Support Digestion

Did you know that a 2024 study found that lifestyle therapy—such as dietary changes and exercising—c...

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Self-Care Starts in your Gut

This women's health month, we encourage you to prioritize your gut health as a fundamental aspect of...

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Meal Planning for a Healthy Gut

Your nutritional choices largely affect the state of your gut. Whether you’re undertaking an elimina...

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Immunity Boosting Meal Ideas

This sample meal plan is designed to help you incorporate immune-boosting (and gut-boosting) foods i...

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Roasted cauliflower & potato soup

The perfect soup recipe for a cold winter’s day, bursting with gut-healthy prebiotic foods to suppor...

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Nutrients for Immunity

Constantly catching a cold? Is your recovery time prolonged? Here are some key immune-boosting nutri...

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Mediterranean Meal Plan

This meal plan is designed to help you boost your plant diversity, increase your intake of legumes, ...

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Is poor gut health the reason you’re not losing weight?

When you think of weight loss, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Maybe it’s reducing your c...

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Polyphenols and your gut

We often talk about fibre when it comes to good gut health. Whether we’re talking about supporting b...

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Everything you need to know about polyphenols

Have you heard of polyphenols before?

Polyphenols are the silent leaders when it comes to supportin...

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The Science Behind Food and Mood

We would argue that your nutrition should be one of the key considerations when it comes to supporti...

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Mediterranean Bean Salad with Quinoa

This bean and quinoa salad is one of our most popular recipes! It is not only a satisfying and tasty...

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Poo troubles while on holiday?

 Do you find yourself straining to have a bowel movement, having hard poops, or using the toilet inf...

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Get your Gut into Gear with our 2024 Gut Health Calendar!

It’s that time of year again when many of us set resolutions to set ourselves up for success in the ...

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Men’s Nutrition through the Life Stages

Evolving priorities, lifestyle changes, growing commitments, and an increasing risk of chronic disea...

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Gaining Belly Fat? Here’s what you should know...

A slower metabolism, a growing reliance on takeaways, increased stress from work and life commitment...

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Secrets from the People of the Blue Zones

When it comes to living healthily and happily, who better to learn from than the longest living peop...

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Food for your Mood

While we’re often aware of the effects our mental state can have on our digestive system (ahem, cue ...

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Can probiotics stay alive on the shelf?

It seems just about every type of product at the supermarket contains probiotic these days, whether ...

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Mediterranean Falafel Bowl

Try our delicious Mediterranean Falafel Bowl to boost your plant-intake for lunch or dinner. It util...

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The Estrobolome: What does it have to do with women’s hormone health?

We tend to think of our reproductive and digestive systems as two entirely separate systems, but the...

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Tops Tips to Improve your Gut Health for PCOS

For women who suffer from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), if can be overwhelming and frustrating t...

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Anti-Inflammatory Eating for Endometriosis

If you’re struggling with endometriosis, you’re certainly not alone. It can be discouraging to know ...

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How Does Caffeine Affect the Gut?

There are many reasons why so many of us love our coffee. For some, the taste of freshly brewed coff...

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Diabetes & Diet: Should You Go Vegan?

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is on the rise worldwide. Fortunately, diet and lifestyle changes ar...

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Perimenopause - What has the gut got to do with it?

Many women experience what could be described as a wild rollercoaster before reaching menopause, wit...

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Easy Bean Tacos

Makes 6 mini tacos

5 plant points

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 medium red
  • ...
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Carob Baked Oats

 Suitable for those following a moderate food chemical elimination diet! This breakfast can be prepp...

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Understanding the Difference Between IBS & IBD

Digestive disorders are increasingly common, affecting millions of people worldwide. Among them, two...

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Peri Pulse Pasta Salad

It’s one of our favourite fibre-rich meals to support gut health, hormones, and energy in perimenopa...

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What Makes The Mediterranean Diet So Good For You?

The Mediterranean diet is considered the gold standard of healthy diets due to its delicious food an...

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Low FODMAP Cranberry and Chocolate Oat Bars

These Low FODMAP Cranberry and Chocolate Oat Bars are the perfect blend of chewy, chocolatey, and no...

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Homemade Smokey Baked Beans

Packed with plant-based protein, prebiotic fibre, and rich, savoury flavours, this gut-friendly twis...

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What are the Signs of SIBO I Might be Ignoring?

Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is a condition where there is an excessive amount of bac...

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Sesame Ginger Soba Noodle Bowl

Need a quick dinner that supports your gut, energy, and hormones in perimenopause?
This sesame ginge...

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Gut Healthy Banana Muffins

These beauties are a favourite of ours here at the GHD! They are a healthy and delicious option for ...

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High-Fibre, Gut-Loving Minestrone Soup

This tasty twist on the classic Italian soup is loaded with a variety of vegetables, legumes, herbs ...

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Gut Check Factsheet

Is it bloating, constipation, IBS or SIBO?

You have probably experienced the kind of bloating that ...

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The Migrating Motor Complex

Eating constantly throughout the day can impact the optimal functioning of your gut! Whenever there ...

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Why your doctor is the first port of call for gut issues.

The onset of gut symptoms is linked to diet by most people. However, symptoms like bloatin

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What are probiotic supplements – and are they necessary?

We wrote this article for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners to break down the re...

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The truth about dairy and disease

It’s a Hot Topic!

There is no denying that dairy is a hot topic! You either love it or ha

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Knowing what to look for in the toilet bowl, may just save your life!

Use our ‘Poo Checker’, based on the ‘Bristol Stool Form Scale’ to help you keep a record o

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All you need to know about fibre

What is dietary fibre?

Dietary fibre is made up of the indigestible parts of plants that

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The Gut Health Dietitian Granola™ - Signature Recipe

Granola hasn’t always had the best reputation when it comes to being healthy! But this granola is di...

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DIY Gut Flora Testing Kits – Are they Worth it?

I recently contributed to an article on this very interesting topic for CHOICE MAGAZINE. Here is a s...

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Leaky Gut 101: The Science Behind Leaky Gut

For a long time, the existence of Leaky Gut was almost like a conspiracy among mainstream physicians...

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Possible Trigger Foods for IBS Symptoms

Have you tried adjusting fibre and fluid in your diet and then trialling the Low FODMAP diet but sti...

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