Digestion

In India, turmeric is used to treat a wide variety of ailments including gastrointestinal problems, inflammation, headaches, infections and colds. It is turmeric’s curcuminoid content, particularly curcumin, which is responsible for its numerous and wide-ranging health benefits. From improving digestive function and supporting liver detox processes, to conferring powerful anti-inflammatory...

Abdominal pain, irritable bowel, dyspepsia, stomach ache … Any parent knows just how often children can be affected by gastrointestinal problems. Though often harmless, they cause tears, anxiety, repeated visits to the GP and frequent absences from school. Since many medicines produce side-effects, parents often feel powerless to relieve their...

There are many supplements which, combined with good dietary management, provide an effective, natural solution to treating digestive disorders: ginger for nausea and vomiting, mastic gum for gastric ulcers, SAMe and silymarin for liver diseases, artichoke extract for gallstones, fibre for constipation and probiotics for diarrhoea. Nausea and vomiting Nausea...

Saccharomyces boulardii is a non-pathogenic, probiotic yeast. It has a decades-long history of use in Europe as an anti-diarrhoea treatment, where it is used for preventing diarrhoea associated with antibiotic treatment or nasogastric feeding, as well as for treating Clostridium difficile-induced acute diarrhoea in adults and children, and chronic diarrhoea...

A body in perfect health is a body free from toxins and impurities! The tendency to eat more high-fat food in winter, combined with Christmas and New Year over-indulgence, means now is the perfect time for a thorough cleansing of all the body's natural systems for eliminating toxins. For a...