leaky gut Archives • Alison Mitchell Naturopath

Hypermobility and the Whole Body: Why It’s Not Just About Joints

22nd April 2025

Hypermobility might have earned you a few “oohs” and “ahhs” growing up—maybe you could twist into strange positions or casually bend your thumb back to your forearm. But for many,…

Gut Health Explained – Podcast

15th June 2017

I'm normally the one hosting the podcasts, but in this interview I was the one being asked the questions. Carly from Casa de Karma interviewed me about Gut Health, a…

The gut and your immune system

6th January 2015

“The immune system present in the gut makes more immunological decisions in a day than the rest of the immune system does in a lifetime”. (1) If your immune…

MTHFR and your Mood

17th July 2014

Perhaps you’ve heard about one of the latest health buzzes when it comes to mental health – a cheeky enzyme known as MTHFR (methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase). If you have a mutation…

A Gut Feeling

4th July 2014

When your gut controls your mood: the gut-brain axis From as early as the 1930's, scientists were beginning to understand that the health of our digestive system could influence our…

Gelatin – a wibbly wobbly wonder

20th September 2013

When I first read about the health benefits of gelatin a few months ago, I began recommending the consumption of bone broths to my patients with degenerative and inflammatory conditions,…

A Healthy Glow – More than Skin Deep

1st April 2011

When we consider the adage "more than skin deep" we think of the truism that beauty is more than what we can see on the outside. As a naturopath, I…

Hypermobility and the Whole Body: Why It’s Not Just About Joints

Gut Health Explained – Podcast

The gut and your immune system

MTHFR and your Mood

A Gut Feeling

Gelatin – a wibbly wobbly wonder

A Healthy Glow – More than Skin Deep

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