Why Most Gut Protocols Fail – And What to Do Instead Published by Advanced Functional Medicine | Written by Jarrod Cooper ND If your gut protocol is not working, you are not alone.  The reason is almost never that you are not trying hard enough. The gut is the most complex ecosystem in the human…

Why Your Thyroid Results Look Normal But You Still Feel Exhausted Published by Advanced Functional Medicine | Written by Jarrod Cooper ND If your thyroid results look normal but you still feel tired, exhausted, and foggy every day, you are not imagining it. This is one of the most common and frustrating clinical pictures I…

Why Treating Symptoms Isn’t the Same as Healing If you’ve been dealing with ongoing health issues — digestive problems, fatigue, brain fog, hormone symptoms, stubborn weight, or inflammatory conditions — you may recognise this pattern: you treat one symptom, it improves a little, then something else appears, or the original problem slowly returns. This is…

The Oral-Body Connection: Unveiling the Interplay Between Oral Health and Overall Wellbeing The intricate relationship between oral health and overall wellbeing is often overlooked, but emerging research continues to shed light on the profound connections between the two. Our bodies are complex ecosystems where different systems and microorganisms coexist, and any disruption in one area…

How do we know what are the best probiotics strains?  Most people know that probiotics are a positive addition to your health regime. But do you know which ones do what? Let’s find out a little more about what some strains of probiotics can do for us and which ones are worth taking for certain…

If you’re struggling with gut dysbiosis, inflammation or other chronic conditions, parasites, yeast overgrowth or “bad” bacteria in the gut may be to blame. These three are the underlying cause of many illnesses. You may not even know about some that are present in your body, but others can cause serious health problems. It’s important…

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), is a genetic condition that mainly affects the joints, skin and walls of the blood vessels. Depending on the type of EDS you have, a combination of natural treatments and lifestyle modifications, in conjunction with traditional treatments, can contribute greatly to symptom control. Find out more about this often-painful condition, what to…

If you’re familiar with probiotics, you will have heard of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria and their benefits to the human body. But there is another microorganism, only discovered in the last 20 years, that lives in your gut and has a huge impact on your health – Akkermansia muciniphila. What is it, what good does it…

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a virus in the herpesvirus family, is a highly contagious and common infection in which over 90% of the population worldwide has been infected [1] — you may have already contracted the virus without even knowing it. Although EBV and COVID-19 are caused by different viruses, recent research suggests that inflammation…

Gilbert’s syndrome, pronounced jeel-bears, is a common, harmless liver condition in which the liver doesn’t properly process bilirubin. Although Gilbert’s syndrome does not usually cause serious problems and does not need treatment, you can avoid triggers that raise your bilirubin levels to keep jaundice, (the yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes), at…