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Clear mental models before interpretation

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Evaluate

Learn how to read signals, tests, and claims without overreacting.

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Turn understanding into cautious experiments and better questions.

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Absolute Risk vs Relative Risk: How Headlines Mislead

A drug reducing cancer from 2% to 1% shows a 50% relative risk reduction—mathematically true but misleading. Absolute risk reduction (1%) better reflects rea...

9 min readMeasurement & InterpretationJul 2025

Antibiotics and Microbiome Recovery

What happens to your gut bacteria during and after antibiotic treatment — timelines, lasting effects, and evidence-based recovery strategies.

8 min readDigestive FunctionJul 2025

Archaea in the Gut: Methanogens and Their Clinical Relevance

Methanogenic archaea, primarily Methanobrevibacter smithii, profoundly influence gut function by converting hydrogen to methane and affecting transit time.

9 min readMicrobiome & MetabolismSep 2025

Biomarkers of Inflammation: CRP, Calprotectin, and Beyond

What clinicians measure when they assess inflammation — and why no single biomarker tells the whole story.

9 min readMeasurement & InterpretationOct 2025

Breath Testing: What It Can and Cannot Tell You

How hydrogen and methane breath tests work for SIBO and carbohydrate malabsorption — and why interpretation requires clinical context.

9 min readMeasurement & InterpretationMay 2025

Choosing Between Gut Tests: A Decision Framework

When to request calprotectin vs breath tests vs stool cultures vs endoscopy — a practical guide to selecting the right investigation.

8 min readDecision-Making & ContextJun 2025

Cochrane Reviews: The Benchmark for Evidence-Based Medicine

Cochrane Collaboration conducts pre-registered, transparent, high-quality systematic reviews using GRADE assessment; living reviews update evidence as new tr...

7 min readMeasurement & InterpretationAug 2025

Coeliac Disease Pathophysiology: From Gliadin to Villous Atrophy

Coeliac disease is a masterclass in autoimmunity — one protein, one enzyme, one HLA molecule, and a cascade that destroys the intestinal lining.

11 min readDigestive FunctionAug 2025

Coeliac Disease: When Gluten Triggers Autoimmunity

The autoimmune mechanism behind coeliac disease — from HLA-DQ2/DQ8 genetics to villous atrophy, and why testing before going gluten-free is essential.

9 min readDigestive FunctionOct 2025

Conflicts of Interest in Nutrition Research

Industry funding pervasively shapes nutrition research. Coca-Cola, sugar lobby, and dairy interests funded studies minimizing harm. Disclosing funding is nec...

9 min readMeasurement & InterpretationSep 2025

Crohn's Disease: Patterns, Complications, and Monitoring

Understanding transmural inflammation, skip lesions, stricturing and fistulising behaviour, and why ongoing monitoring matters even when you feel well.

10 min readDigestive FunctionSep 2025

Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction: The New Name for Functional GI

The rebranding from 'functional GI disorders' to DGBI was not just semantic — it reflects a fundamental shift in understanding these conditions as disorders ...

10 min readDecision-Making & ContextAug 2025

Dysbiosis Revisited: An Ecological Perspective

Dysbiosis lacks a universal definition; ecological frameworks like the Anna Karenina principle better explain microbiome dysfunction than simple imbalance.

9 min readMicrobiome & MetabolismMar 2025

Elimination Diets Done Right: A Step-by-Step Framework

An elimination diet is a diagnostic tool, not a lifestyle — and doing it properly requires structure, patience, and ideally a dietitian.

9 min readDigestive FunctionMar 2025

Endoscopy Explained: What Happens During the Procedure

A practical patient guide to upper and lower GI endoscopy — preparation, what to expect, sedation options, and understanding your results.

9 min readDecision-Making & ContextSep 2025

Exercise and the Microbiome

How physical activity reshapes gut microbial diversity, enriches beneficial taxa, and improves metabolic signalling — independent of diet.

8 min readMicrobiome & MetabolismAug 2025

False Positives and Negatives: Why Tests Can Mislead

How sensitivity, specificity, and pre-test probability interact to determine the real meaning of a test result — and why 'positive' doesn't always mean disease.

8 min readMeasurement & InterpretationOct 2025

Fecal Calprotectin: What Your Stool Test Really Measures

How calprotectin works as a neutrophil-derived marker, what elevated levels indicate, and where the test falls short.

7 min readMeasurement & InterpretationMay 2025

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: Resetting the Ecosystem

The science behind transplanting an entire microbial community — proven for C. difficile, under investigation for everything else.

9 min readMicrobiome & MetabolismJul 2025

Fermented Foods: Tradition Meets Modern Science

What fermented foods actually do to the microbiome — live cultures, postbiotics, and whether kimchi is really a probiotic.

8 min readMicrobiome & MetabolismJul 2025

Fibre Types Explained: Not All Fibre Is the Same

Soluble, insoluble, fermentable, resistant starch — how different fibres produce different effects on the microbiome, motility, and metabolic health.

8 min readMicrobiome & MetabolismMay 2025

Food Allergy vs Intolerance vs Sensitivity: Getting the Terms Right

These three terms are used interchangeably in everyday conversation, but they describe fundamentally different mechanisms — and confusing them leads to misdi...

9 min readDigestive FunctionApr 2025

Food as Medicine: What the Evidence Actually Shows

Separating evidence-based dietary interventions from wellness culture claims — what works, what doesn't, and what we don't know yet.

8 min readDecision-Making & ContextMar 2025

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Microbiome & Metabolism

The role of gut microbes, fermentation, and metabolites in digestion and health. Focuses on interaction and mechanisms, not supplementati...

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Digestive Function

How digestion works in practice: motility, secretion, absorption, and functional symptoms. This topic focuses on how the digestive system...

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Gut–Brain & Stress

How the nervous system, stress, and emotional load interact with gut function. Covers the gut–brain axis, visceral sensitivity, and conte...

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Measurement & Interpretation

How to interpret tests, biomarkers, and measurements responsibly. Emphasizes context, limitations, and common sources of misinterpretation.

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Decision-Making & Context

How to think clearly amid conflicting advice. Covers misconceptions, risk framing, red flags, and when escalation or professional input m...

20 entradas

Inflammation & Immunity

Understanding immune activity and inflammation in the digestive system, from low-grade immune signaling to overt inflammatory processes.

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Systemic Connections

Explores how the gut communicates with organ systems beyond the digestive tract — cardiovascular, hepatic, dermal, oral, urogenital, musc...

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Metabolic & Endocrine Health

Covers the intersection of gut microbiota with metabolic and hormonal regulation — insulin resistance,metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes...

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