While surfing the internet on a damp, dark night in Scotland, I happened upon this great gut bacteria blog with a fantastic name, the Intest

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 an

Hello! I am Lianne Campbell MSc, a citizen scientist fascinated by emerging research into the human microbiome. ​ At the tender age of 16, I was diagnosed with an 'autoimmune' condition and regularly suffered with various health problems such as sickness, allergic reactions, fatigue and joint pain. Since then I have read everything and anything relating to autoimmune conditions, including my entire medical records which showed that my health started to deteriorate after three

There are some really cool, thought provoking microbiome books out there so I thought I'd take the opportunity to share some of the books I'

If eating grubs, drinking black water and having lively debates about the impact of food on your health sounds like your idea of fun, I would definitely recommend heading along to Food Matter Live 2016 from the 22 to 24 November 2016 at the ExCeL in London. I went along last year with my boyfriend and the wonderful Kezia Hall from Super Naturally Healthy and we filmed our way round the event and, sharing all of our interviews and experiences on Periscope. It was a blast! Her