Body

When we talk about ‘gut health’ we’re talking about a complex system with three inseparable components. the gut cells themselves that make up the gastrointestinal tract from our mouth to our anus [...]

In response to last month’s Health-e-Byte about Caesarean births increasing the risk of obesity, diabetes, asthma, autoimmune diseases and gut disorders, I’ve received a deluge of questions about [...]

What does birth have to do with girth? Almost one third of Australian babies are delivered by Caesarean section. In some cases the procedure is life-saving and therefore imperative. In other [...]

The moral of this proverb is to attend to our own issues rather than criticising others. However I’m using it in the literal sense that we can actually heal ourselves. We can all be our own [...]

Our gut bacteria – also referred to as our gut flora or our microbiota – have many diverse and important roles in the body. The more we learn about these trillions of inhabitants, the [...]

Your body is like a planet. It is inhabited by trillions of creatures adapted to the various environments provided by different parts of your anatomy. Every surface of the body exposed to the [...]

The word protein comes from the Greek ‘proteios’ meaning ‘primary’ or ‘first rank’ because proteins are an indispensable nutrient in the human diet. They are a vital component of every cell in [...]

Eighty percent of Australians live with back pain. Not long ago, I thought I had become one of them. I had a chronically sore neck and upper back on most days of the week and it was starting to [...]

Several months ago (on 29th June) I wrote about decluttering the family home prior to making the move to Queensland. Since that time I’ve reflected on the meaning of releasing physical ‘stuff’ [...]

We’ve known for a long time that air pollution is not good for our lungs. A recent study by scientists at Duke University in North Carolina revealed that breathing air with high concentrations of [...]