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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

My experience of proctocolectomy surgery - why it was necessary, what happened, post-op complications and finally getting on the road to recovery.

My personal experience of how I ended up needing emergency ileostomy surgery, and all that followed.

All you need to know when it comes to preparing for ileostomy surgery, and what to expect post-op.

The essentials of what IBD is, what it involves, and how it is dealt with. Just the essentials - the ABCs - and a must-read for the newly diagnosed and anyone who needs a ‘crash course’ in this chronic condition.

An informative guide for how to talk to your doctor about your symptoms - ALL of them!