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60-second read Sugar isn’t fat — but your body can turn excess sugar into fat, and your liver and gut feel the impact. When you eat carbohydrates, they break down into glucose for energy. Your body can only use or store so much. The rest gets converted into fat by [...]
- Fatigue Conditions, Foods, General, Gut, liver, men's health
Learn how excess sugar impacts your liver and gut, why it can lead to fat storage and energy dips, and simple strategies to support your metabolism and digestion. Sugar Isn’t Just Sweet — It Can Become Fat It sounds surprising, but sugar isn’t fat — yet your body can [...]
- Foods, General, Gut, Weight
Many people using weight loss injections expect to feel better as the weight comes off. However, some are surprised to find that they feel more tired, weaker, or simply not as well as they expected. This can be confusing, particularly when the medication appears to be working. In many cases, [...]
- Functional Medicine, General, Gut, IBS
Constipation is one of the most common digestive complaints, and many people are told the usual advice: drink more water, eat more fibre, or take magnesium. But what if you’ve tried all of these, and nothing really changes? You’re not alone — and the reason may surprise you. Emerging research [...]
- Functional Medicine, General, Gut, IBS
A clinical perspective for practitioners working with chronic or treatment-resistant constipation. Chronic constipation is something many practitioners struggle with — particularly when standard interventions simply don’t seem to shift it. In clinic, we often see patients who have tried magnesium, fibre, hydration and prokinetics, yet remain persistently constipated. In some [...]
- Brain, Foods, General, Gut, Inflammation, liver, Vitamins
Key points Omega-3 fatty acids help maintain the integrity of the gut lining and support a healthy microbiome. They also play a central role in liver metabolism, including fat regulation and inflammatory balance. Because the gut and liver are directly connected, omega-3 intake influences the function of both systems. A [...]
- Foods, Functional Medicine, General, Gut, IBS, Immune System, liver, Symptoms
If you’ve taken a food intolerance test, removed the foods that came up as “positive”, and felt better — you’re not imagining it. That improvement is real. But here’s the part that often gets missed: feeling better doesn’t always mean you’ve found the root cause. “I removed the foods and [...]
- Foods, General, Gut, Symptoms, Weight
Weight-loss injections such as Wegovy® and Mounjaro® are becoming increasingly common. For some people, they can be a helpful tool — particularly in the short to medium term. However, one thing I’m seeing more and more in practice is this: reduced appetite is often mistaken for reduced nutritional need. In [...]
- aging, Functional Medicine, General, Hormones, liver, men's health, Menopause, Weight
Who this is for This article is for anyone who feels stuck with weight loss despite eating well, exercising regularly, and making conscious dietary changes. It is particularly relevant in midlife, when shifts in hormone balance and liver function can significantly influence how the body regulates weight. Many people in [...]
- aging, diabetes, Fatigue Conditions, Functional Medicine, General, Gut, Hormones, Inflammation, liver, men's health, Menopause, Symptoms
One of the most common things I hear is: “But I don’t drink much — so it can’t be fatty liver, can it?” In reality, many people with fatty liver drink little or no alcohol at all. What we now call MAFLD / MASLD (metabolic dysfunction–associated fatty liver disease) is [...]