Articles by Benjamin Brown

09Apr

How Do I Know if I Have IBS?

Benjamin Brown

health, IBS, nutrition

Body

Naturopath and author Benjamin Brown questions the conventional attitude to Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and has other suggestions for what your body is going through
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09Jun

Stress, IBS and the Gut-Brain Axis

Benjamin Brown

anxiety, cbt, depression, gut, microbiome, nutrition, stress, therapy, wellbeing

Body

What's the connection between our bowels and our brain? Benjamin Brown explains how to improve IBS symptoms by managing stress.
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20Feb

9 Common Medical Myths about Digestive Problems

Benjamin Brown

nutrition

Body

Benjamin Brown teaches nutritional medicine and is on the advisory board at the UK College of Nutrition and Health. Here's what he has to say regarding the common myths we are told about digestive problems: 1) It's all in your head For a long time the symptoms of IBS have been thought to be purely psychological and people with chronic digestive problems are sometimes still told it's all in their head. Well, it is in your head, but not how you think! Several studies have found an increased incidence of stress, anxiety and even functional changes in the brains of...
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