Since 2014, Scottish Djs, The Mac Twins have been participating in gut microbiome studies under the watchful eye of Professor of Genetic Epidemiology (and author of The Diet Myth) Tim Spector. Although identical (sharing 100% DNA) Alana and Lisa are quite different in character and it turns out they only have a 40% similarity in their microbiome. Professor Spector suspects that Alana having had antibiotics in her earlier years, and Lisa having suffered with infection in he

I am not a vegan (I'm not even vegetarian), but last December I delivered a raw food demo at VegFest Scotland about the power of plant based/focused diet and eating for your microbiome. VegFest Scotland was an amazing experience and I would urge EVERYONE to go along, even (and maybe especially) if you are a meat eater. More than five a day Eating vegetables is very important to me. In fact, it is the cornerstone of my health philosophy. I do, however, occasionally eat meat a

Sian Leigh from The Health Shed has taken 60 seconds out of her day to share her passion for health! 20 years ago Sian compressed discs in her back snowboarding and began living on painkillers and anti-inflammatories. On top of this, Sian contracting a couple of parasites while traveling, partied too much, and lived in ‘fight or flight’ mod for years when her kids were little with terrible allergies and colic. This all took its toll on Sian’s gut bacteria and health... Aut

Do you want to know more about the microbiome? This is a great wee 4min video about the 100 trillion microbes we carry around each day. It will give you the low down on how we get our microbiome, how they develop and what they do!

8 years ago my psoriasis was so bad I paid to see a private dermatologist. He told me, in no uncertain terms, that diet had absolutely no...