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The 10 Best Foods to Restore Gut Health Naturally (Backed by Science)

By James On June 3, 2025 · Add Comment

Introduction Your gut does more than digest food—it houses 70% of your immune system, affects your mood, and plays a critical role in nutrient absorption. When your gut is imbalanced, you may experience symptoms like bloating, fatigue, skin issues, or even brain fog. Luckily, nature provides powerful foods that can help heal and restore your [...]

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10 Signs of an Unhealthy Gut and How to Heal It Naturally

By James On May 29, 2025 · Add Comment

10 Signs Your Gut Health Is Out of Balance and What to Do About It As a naturopath working with many patients with various digestive issues, I often hear things like “I guess bloating is just part of aging,” or “I’m always tired, even when I sleep well.” More often than not, the root of [...]

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The Top 5 Supplements for Gut Healing

By James On March 4, 2020 · Add Comment

With so many acute and chronic gut issues prevalent in our society today, it pays to know the best supplements to both soothe and heal an inflamed and damaged gut. These are my top 5 supplements to help repair gut tissue. And always remember that symptom relief is only the first step on the healing [...]

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The benefits of Glutamine

By James On February 18, 2020 · Add Comment

Once thought of as purely a tool for body builders to repair and gain more muscle, glutamine is now known to have wide ranging benefits for overall health. Glutamine is an amino acid, meaning it is a building block of larger protein structures. It is considered a conditionally essential nutrient – while we can typically [...]

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Healthy sourdough bread for optimal gut health

Sourdough vs regular bread

By James On January 10, 2019 · Add Comment

You know, bread has copped it’s fair share of flak over recent years. Diets such as the paleo diet and the ketogenic diet have vilified bread and all grain based foods as evil incarnate – be sure to wear a necklace of garlic cloves and carry a bottle of holy water if even entering into [...]

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How to make Kombucha

By James On February 8, 2016 · Add Comment

If I asked you to sample a fermented tea beverage made with the assistance of a sugar consuming symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast, you’d probably look at me with deep suspicion (or disgust) and walk away. However this delicious drink commonly called Kombucha packs a powerful hit of probiotic goodness in each bubbly mouthful. [...]

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Adrenal fatigue and digestive dysfunction

By James On November 17, 2015 · Add Comment

One of the key principles in the practice of Naturopathy is to find the underlying cause of the health issue at hand. A patient that comes to see me with digestive disturbance will be ill served by the simple prescription of laxative herbs to ease their constipation. This is what is commonly referred to as [...]

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Treating candida

By James On September 29, 2015 · Add Comment

Candida is a fungus (a form of yeast) that is found in almost every individual. When in balance with other organisms in the microbiome, candida provides beneficial support to the gastrointestinal assimilation of nutrients, as well as aiding immune function. When the immune system is compromised, however, candida can overgrow and break down the mucosal [...]

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The true cause of reflux

By James On August 20, 2015 · Add Comment

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (or GERD) is one of the most prevalent medical conditions in developed nations today. In line with this, the second highest grossing pharmaceutical drug sold throughout the world is Nexium, an acid-suppressing medication that claims to ‘treat’ reflux. However as I will explain in this article, these acid suppressing drugs are far [...]

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Turmeric (aka curcumin) demystified

By James On July 29, 2015 · Add Comment

If there was one herbal supplement I would comfortably recommend all of my patients to take on a regular basis, it would be turmeric (botanical name curcuma longa). Turmeric is probably the best natural medicine to address three of the biggest drivers of disease in modern society – oxidation, inflammation and toxicity. It is extremely safe and [...]

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