Gastrointestinal

Expert advice on healthy eating for optimal gut and digestive health, preventing bowel cancer and managing conditions such as reflux, IBS and constipation.

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Ask the experts: Digestion and ageing

Q: "I’ve noticed over the last few years that I often feel uncomfortably...

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Ask the experts: Alcohol and ageing

Q: "My husband finds he cannot drink as much in the evening as...

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Getting to know your gut

Each of us is home to 100 trillion bacteria, and most of them...

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Five golden rules of digestive health

Many people underestimate just how vital good digestive health is to our overall...

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How to cure constipation

Dietitian Clarice Hebblethwaite discusses a topic most of us don’t like to talk...

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IBS: Every step of the way

Worried that you may have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)? Dietitian and digestive health...

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Food, FODMAPs and IBS: What to eat and what to avoid

Scientific studies have shown that a low-FODMAP diet can significantly relieve irritable bowel...

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Digestion as we age

Nutritionist Cindy Williams shares her top tips for keeping your digestion working properly...

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Keeping regular: Your guide to getting enough fibre

We all know we need it, and it's good for us. But just...

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The gut: How it works

The digestive tract carries out a pretty amazing function – complex mixtures of...

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Travelling and digestion

Disrupted routines can upset our digestion and consequently affect our bowels. Here are...

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Probiotics: More than a gut feeling?

We know they're good for digestive health, but could probiotics have other benefits?...

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Banish bloating

Do you know that tight, cramped feeling in the stomach when you desperately...

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Wind problems?

Whilst still considered inappropriate in public, on average we pass wind up to...

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Prebiotics and probiotics

Improve your digestion and reduce your risk of disease by making the most...

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IBS: Your questions answered

It probably affects more than one in seven Kiwis, yet IBS is often...

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Summer safety: Avoiding food poisoning

Tips on how to handle and store food safely as the temperature rises. Summer...

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What your body is trying to tell you: Body signs you shouldn’t ignore

HFG senior nutritionist Rose Carr delves into some of the ways our bodies...

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