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Cut Down on Your Fruit and Vegetables

December 20, 2023February 13, 2024 MariaC coeliac disease, Crohn's, FODMAP, IBS, Irritable bowel syndrome, leaky brain, leaky gut, oxalates, SIBO

Sometimes I tell a client that they should remove much of the fruit and vegetable content from their diet. Plus all those beans, lentils, nuts and seeds they are convinced are the path to health and longevity. From their expression it is immediately clear that they are in a mild state of confusion and wondering what sort of nutritionist I am. I go on to explain my rationale, and they leave reassured.

About a week or so later, they get in touch to let me know just how much better they feel.

Digestive health

Got IBS? Why It Might Really Be Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 MariaC hypochlorhydria, IBS, microbiome

I probably see more clients with IBS than anything else: approximately 10%-20% of people are affected. Despite having had a battery of tests, including colonoscopy, endoscopy, and blood assays for various diseases such as coeliac and Crohn’s, these people have rarely been offered a test for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Yet up to 80% of people with IBS are estimated to have SIBO. If you don’t look for it, you won’t find it. So what is it?

Digestive health Feed Your Brain

How Your Gut Talks to Your Brain and Changes Your Mood

April 27, 2020September 1, 2022 MariaC Depression, gut microbiome, IBS, serotonin, SSRIs, tryptophan, vagus nerve

It is a curious fact that antidepressants are a common treatment for irritable bowel syndrome. But why give Prozac to someone with abdominal pain? Antidepressants work because the gut and brain are inextricably linked. What happens in the gut does not stay in the gut — it travels to the brain. More than half of all patients with IBS are affected by a mood disorder.

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