The Gut-Brain Connection
What MGO 250+ actually means, and how to check it
MGO 250+ means 250 milligrams of methylglyoxal per kilogram of honey, verified by laboratory analysis. It sits at roughly UMF 10+, and it is one of the few numbers in...
What MGO 250+ actually means, and how to check it
MGO 250+ means 250 milligrams of methylglyoxal per kilogram of honey, verified by laboratory analysis. It sits at roughly UMF 10+, and it is one of the few numbers in...
Saffron and children: what the research covers,...
Saffron has been eaten for three thousand years and studied in more than twenty randomised trials. One standardised extract carries eleven placebo-controlled trials, including the only one in teenagers. The...
Saffron and children: what the research covers,...
Saffron has been eaten for three thousand years and studied in more than twenty randomised trials. One standardised extract carries eleven placebo-controlled trials, including the only one in teenagers. The...
Vitamin C, restricted eating and children: what...
In one Australian children's hospital review, 31 per cent of the children tested had low vitamin C, and 65 per cent of those had restricted eating. That is an argument...
Vitamin C, restricted eating and children: what...
In one Australian children's hospital review, 31 per cent of the children tested had low vitamin C, and 65 per cent of those had restricted eating. That is an argument...
Probiotics and autistic children: what the tria...
The most cited trial was negative on all three primary outcomes. The blinded faecal transplant trial missed too. What probiotics do and do not change in autistic children, read from...
Probiotics and autistic children: what the tria...
The most cited trial was negative on all three primary outcomes. The blinded faecal transplant trial missed too. What probiotics do and do not change in autistic children, read from...
Gut bacteria and brain chemistry: the first hum...
Sixty-one women, brain scans and stool samples. What the 2026 Molecular Psychiatry paper found about GABA, glutamate and the gut, and the four things it cannot tell you.
Gut bacteria and brain chemistry: the first hum...
Sixty-one women, brain scans and stool samples. What the 2026 Molecular Psychiatry paper found about GABA, glutamate and the gut, and the four things it cannot tell you.
Saffron in perimenopause and after: the 12-week...
Two randomised, placebo-controlled trials of a saffron extract in women in perimenopause and in women aged 50 to 70.
Saffron in perimenopause and after: the 12-week...
Two randomised, placebo-controlled trials of a saffron extract in women in perimenopause and in women aged 50 to 70.
Saffron and sleep: the two 28-day trials
Two randomised, placebo-controlled trials of a saffron extract in adults with poor sleep, and what they did and did not measure.
Saffron and sleep: the two 28-day trials
Two randomised, placebo-controlled trials of a saffron extract in adults with poor sleep, and what they did and did not measure.
The evening herbs: tart cherry, chamomile, lemo...
Four traditional evening plants and the small trials behind each, including the two child studies that used a lemon balm blend.
The evening herbs: tart cherry, chamomile, lemo...
Four traditional evening plants and the small trials behind each, including the two child studies that used a lemon balm blend.
Honey, Manuka and the gut: what MGO means and w...
The MGO grade explained, why Australian Manuka is Manuka, and the honest state of the prebiotic evidence.
Honey, Manuka and the gut: what MGO means and w...
The MGO grade explained, why Australian Manuka is Manuka, and the honest state of the prebiotic evidence.
Research on neurodivergent kids: what the gut m...
The birth cohorts, the twin study, the machine-learning signature and the first small trials, read plainly for parents of autistic and ADHD kids.
Research on neurodivergent kids: what the gut m...
The birth cohorts, the twin study, the machine-learning signature and the first small trials, read plainly for parents of autistic and ADHD kids.
Five probiotic species and the research behind ...
Lactobacillus helveticus, L. rhamnosus, L. plantarum, Bifidobacterium breve and L. brevis: the studies, the strains they used, and why strain matters.
Five probiotic species and the research behind ...
Lactobacillus helveticus, L. rhamnosus, L. plantarum, Bifidobacterium breve and L. brevis: the studies, the strains they used, and why strain matters.
How the gut talks to the brain: the gut-brain a...
The vagus nerve, serotonin made in the gut, and the bacteria that join the conversation. What is established, what is animal work, and what is still open.
How the gut talks to the brain: the gut-brain a...
The vagus nerve, serotonin made in the gut, and the bacteria that join the conversation. What is established, what is animal work, and what is still open.