Hazel Clarke – Consultant Dietitian MSc RD
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Evidence based articles to give you knowledge and information on different aspects of nutrition. This should provide straight forward guidance to help you on your journey.
Can Diet Help Manage Crohn’s Disease or Inflammatory Bowel Disease? A Review of the Evidence Behind Five Dietary Approaches
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), including Crohn’s Disease (CD), is a lifelong condition that often requires dietary, medication, medical and sometimes surgical treatment. Dietary manipulation plays an increasingly important role for managing Crohn’s Disease and IBD....
How domestic abuse can cause irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a predominantly female condition, with the current ratio estimated at 2-2.5:1 compared to men1. We are not fully sure why it affects women more than men, as this has not been extensively investigated. However, there are links being...
Endometriosis & Gut Health
March is Endometriosis awareness month, so I thought I’d spend some time shedding light on this condition that affects so many people. This blog explores Endometriosis, and how it’s related to gut health. What is Endometriosis? Endometriosis is a common gynaecological...
Nutrition and Ulcerative Colitis
Ulcerative Colitis is a form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). This form only effects the colon, which is the end of your digestive tract. The colon has a lot of important jobs, but it’s main one is re-absorption of fluid. When our colon is inflamed, this stops...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
What is irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)? Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has recently been reclassified as a disorder of the gut-brain-interaction. It is a condition which is accompanied by a range of gut symptoms, where no organic or structural cause has been found....
Microscopic Colitis
What is it microscopic colitis? Microscopic colitis (MC) is a chronic disease and a form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). It leads to inflammation in the lining of your colon, which can only be seen under a microscope. MC was originally it was thought to be a rare...
Veganuary
Important nutrients to consider Veganuary is great for introducing you to a new way of eating, getting more variety in your diet and helping the planet. To help you on your vegan journey, I put together some information on some important nutrients for your to...
Starchy Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates have a bad reputation in the diet world. People constantly cut them out with the goal of losing weight, or ‘being good’. They are deemed generally bad for you by the public. Furthermore, some marketing companies encourage this. However, I have news for...
How can we make vegan protein sources more sustainable?
Most of the legumes, pulse and nuts we get tend to come from overseas currently. With the US and Canada providing some of our favourites; chickpeas, haricots beans and kidney beans. When you look at the country of origin for your nuts & pulses, it’s rare you would...
Protein & Veganism
How much protein do we actually need?