“the human body has a ringmaster that controls your digestion, immunity, brain, weight, health and happiness. This ringmaster is the gut.”

— Nancy S Mure

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Comparing and contrasting IBD and IBS: a look at how these two gut conditions are similar, the crucial ways they are different, and why it’s important to know which you are dealing with.

Ileoscopy: What It Is, How To Prepare & What To Expect

All the information you need for your ileoscopy appointment, including the all-important dietary prep beforehand, complete with recipe recommendations.

10 Ways To Support Gut Health (That Have Nothing To Do With Your Diet)

While there is no doubt of the importance of food and diet when it comes to gut health, it can sometimes ‘steal the spotlight’ entirely, meaning that other important factors get overlooked.

Getting Started with a Food Diary

A food diary is an important and potentially very useful tool to help you become more conscious of what you are eating, get to know your body and its responses, and spot patterns that can be very revealing for your health. Here is all you need to know to get started: what to include, how to track, and how to analyse it all.

Dealing With An IBD Diagnosis: Advice From A Fellow IBD-er

Receiving a diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis can feel very overwhelming. Written from a patient’s point of view, this is some of what I wish I had been told when I was diagnosed with IBD 20 years ago, and what anyone who has been recently diagnosed should know now.

The ‘Dirty Dozen’ & ‘Clean Fifteen’ Lists: What are they & how do we use them?

When you are trying to "eat for health" and avoid unnecessary toxins and overall unwanted 'nasties' in your diet, it's good to know which foods have higher/lower pesticide residues. The EWG’s lists for 2021 have arrived. What do they tell us and how should we interpret them?

Avocado and Gut Health: Study finds positive effects on microbiome

Thanks to a new study, we can now add gut health benefits to avocado’s health-promoting powers. Turns out, regularly eating avo helps keep your gut happy in more ways than one.

How to do “healthy eating” like a human, not a machine

You can’t have a healthy body without a healthy mind. How you approach “healthy eating” matters enormously, both in terms of enhancing its effectiveness, but also for safeguarding against it turning into obsession.

Eating for IBD: Top Tips

Tips for eating for IBD, including the 3 key foods to remove from your diet, and the 3 to start eating more of now!

Hi there, I’m Nicola.

As someone who has had Crohn’s Disease for half her life, I’ve learned the crucial role our gut plays in our overall health, as well as the importance of being an ‘active patient’ and getting involved in your own health journey - starting with the food you choose to eat.

Everyone can take an active role in their own health! Educating yourself in your condition and in all that you yourself can do to help you achieve your best possible health is so empowering, and taking steps to support your gut is of crucial importance, whatever your health status may be.

Here, you will find a food-focused approach to health, simply because the food we choose to eat is so important, and is something everybody can work with. Good Gut Feelings is all about encouraging you to play an active role in your own health, and providing you with resources to help you make more empowered health choices.