Digestion

Lisa was exhausted by her own eating habits. Not because she was eating poorly – quite the opposite. She’d been following elimination diets for so long that she’d forgotten what normal eating felt like. Her kitchen cupboards read like a speciality health food shop: gluten-free this, dairy-free that, low-FODMAP everything, and enough alternative flours to […]

Kate’s IBS symptoms followed a pattern that seemed to mock every attempt at rational management. She could eat the same meal on different days and have completely different digestive responses – comfortable digestion one day, painful cramping and urgent bowel movements the next. Her carefully constructed elimination diet became useless when stress levels changed her

Tom’s bathroom cabinet looked like a probiotic pharmacy. Multi-strain capsules, fermented drinks, expensive soil-based organisms, and something called a “gut microbiome restore system” that had cost him nearly £200. He’d read every book about the gut-brain connection, eliminated foods based on multiple elimination diets, and religiously consumed sauerkraut despite finding it thoroughly unappetising. His digestive

Rachel was doing everything right. Her Instagram-worthy morning smoothie contained all the superfoods the wellness industry promised would transform her health: spinach for iron, berries for antioxidants, protein powder for sustained energy, and enough chia seeds to feed a small village. She’d invested in a high-powered blender, sourced organic everything, and religiously started each day