What NOT to do when introducing solids…

MothersBabies Newsletter: What NOT to do when introducing solids… 18/3/2024 To view the newsletter, click here Are you someone who can’t wait to introduce solids to your baby? Giving your baby ‘real food’ for the first time can feel really exciting…You get to watch a major life experience unfolding before your eyes…the facial expressions, the […]

WHAT HAPPENS TO BUB’S GUT WHEN YOU INTRODUCE SOLIDS?

MothersBabies Newsletter: WHAT HAPPENS TO BUB’S GUT WHEN YOU INTRODUCE SOLIDS? 11/3/2024 To view the newsletter, click here The moment when you give your baby solid food for the first time is also the moment that the composition of their gut microbiome experiences one of its largest and most rapid changes… This moment is also […]

ASTHMA & THE GUT MICROBIOME

MothersBabies Newsletter: ASTHMA & THE GUT MICROBIOME 26/2/2024 To view the newsletter, click here Do you, or any of your close relatives, get asthma? If yes, the research on asthma and its links to the gut microbiome might interest you… If you are thinking of having a baby any time in the future, this information […]

COULD THIS ONE STRAIN OF BACTERIA REDUCE YOUR BABY’S FUTURE DISEASE RISK?

MothersBabies Newsletter: COULD THIS ONE STRAIN OF BACTERIA REDUCE YOUR BABY’S FUTURE DISEASE RISK? 19/2/2024 To view the newsletter, click here It kind of seems like ‘contains probiotics’ is being slapped on more and more labels, from baby formula to chocolate bars, with bold ‘gut-health-related’ claims and the promise of a happier healthier life… But […]

Why We Love Bifidobacterium

MothersBabies Newsletter: Why We Love Bifidobacterium 26/06/2023 To view the newsletter, click here Could Bifidobacterium Be the Secret to A Healthy Life? You’d have to be living under a rock if you haven’t heard about probiotics…These allegedly ‘gut-healthy’ little critters are popping up everywhere – in supplement form, added to foods, fancy kombuchas and kefirs… […]

Breastfeeding and Baby Immunity

MothersBabies Newsletter:  Breastfeeding and Baby Immunity 24/04/2023 To view the newsletter, click here   Breastfeeding and Baby Immunity From the people who tell you to supplement with formula in case your supply isn’t enough for your baby to thrive, to the overly blunt ‘Breast is Best’ campaigns… From those who give you sideways glances when […]

Want a healthy gut? You may need more fibre

MothersBabies Newsletter:The One Thing you may need more of, for a healthy gut 29/09/2022 To view the newsletter, click here What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word ‘fibre’? Metamucil? Keeping ‘regular’ 💩? Chocolate coated digestive biccies? Chances are, your thoughts go to something to do with your toilet trips… After […]

Want a healthy gut? You may need more fibre

Want a Healthy Gut? You Probably Need More Fibre Written by Clare Carrick ANutr BHSc (Nutrition and Health Promotion) Scientifically reviewed by Dr Fathalla Ali, PHD Paediatrics 20/08/2022 It doesn’t get much less ‘sexy’ than talk about fibre… For most people, the word ‘fibre’ probably conjures up images of Metamucil or Digestive biscuits, and is […]

The proven probiotic strain that reduces baby allergies

MothersBabies Newsletter: The Proven Probiotic Strain that reduces Baby Allergies 22/09/2022 To view the newsletter, click here  “Back in my day, no-one was allergic to anything!” (Granny, aged 93).   Spoiler alert: Your Granny is (almost) right!  Allergies are on the rise, with an estimated 30% of the population now suffering from some form of allergic […]

Bifidobacterium: The Key to Reducing Infant Allergy?

Bifidobacterium: The Key to Reducing Infant Allergy? Written by Clare Carrick ANutr BHSc (Nutrition and Health Promotion) Scientifically reviewed by Dr Fathalla Ali, PHD Paediatrics 11/08/2022 “Back in my day, no-one was allergic to anything!” (Granny, aged 93). Can you relate to this? Older relatives making sweeping statements about the lack of allergic disease in […]