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A spreadsheet template you can copy and use

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A quick start guide to what to eat when you’re starting out and what to avoid

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'Safe' Foods

A suggested list of foods to start with on your elimination diet

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Foods to Avoid

A suggested list of foods to avoid at the start of your elimination diet

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Recipes

Delicious, easy to follow recipes for people following the AS diet

Fixing the Now: Powerful, Practical Ways to Reduce Pain and Stress ‘In the Moment’

Fixing the Now: Powerful, Practical Ways to Reduce Pain and Stress ‘In the Moment’

by Gut Heroes | Jul 11, 2024 | Podcast Transcripts

In this article, which I’m calling ‘Fixing the Now’, I want to talk about some of my favourite pain relief and stress busting tips. I’ve put ‘pain relief’ and ‘stress busting’ together here intentionally. While they might not always seem connected, they...
Fixing the Now: Powerful, Practical Ways to Reduce Pain and Stress ‘In the Moment’

How Rumination and Catastrophising Can Worsen Chronic Pain

by Gut Heroes | Jun 19, 2024 | Podcast Transcripts

In this article I want to look at the relationship between rumination, catastrophising and chronic pain. We’ve long known that stress has an enormous role to play in our pain outcomes for a lot of inflammatory and chronic conditions, There has also been a lot of...
Fixing the Now: Powerful, Practical Ways to Reduce Pain and Stress ‘In the Moment’

Transcript #16: World Health Organisation Releases Scathing Report On The Impact Of Ultra Processed Foods

by Gut Heroes | Jun 18, 2024 | Podcast Transcripts

This is a full transcript of Podcast Episode #16: World Health Organisation Releases Scathing Report On The Impact Of Ultra Processed Foods. You can listen to the audio version here. Today I want to talk about an exciting new report that was released by the World...
Fixing the Now: Powerful, Practical Ways to Reduce Pain and Stress ‘In the Moment’

Gut Digest: Intermittent Fasting Success, The Western Diet Chronic Disease Connection and ‘Smart’ Antibiotics

by Gut Heroes | Jun 6, 2024 | Podcast Transcripts

You can listen to the audio version of this Roundup on the podcast This is a Gut Roundup, where I look at the most interesting findings from recent weeks. I talk about what they mean and how they might relate to our gut health – and more than just our gut health...
Fixing the Now: Powerful, Practical Ways to Reduce Pain and Stress ‘In the Moment’

Transcript #10: Colombia’s New Food Law, Menopause Diet Ideas and a Quirky Study on Refined Carbs and Attractiveness

by Gut Heroes | May 16, 2024 | Podcast Transcripts

This is a full transcript of Podcast Episode #10: The Gut Rumble: Magnesium, The Incredible Mr Baker and a Hot Take. You can listen to the audio version here. Hello and welcome to Gut Heroes. This is a ‘Gut Digest’, where I’ll look at some of the...
Fixing the Now: Powerful, Practical Ways to Reduce Pain and Stress ‘In the Moment’

Transcript #10: Magnesium, The Incredible Mr Baker and a Hot Take

by Gut Heroes | May 16, 2024 | Podcast Transcripts

This is a full transcript of Podcast Episode #10: The Gut Rumble: Magnesium, The Incredible Mr Baker and a Hot Take. You can listen to the audio version here.   Welcome to the Gut Heroes podcast. It is an absolutely beautiful spring evening here in London. I hope...

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