Give the gift of good gut health this Christmas with our top ten recommended books on subjects close to our heart here at ARCH. From simple guides to the gut to inspiring stories of dramatic turn-arounds in health and wellbeing,…
Tag: colonics
Booze and poos! What alcohol does to your digestive system!
As we enter the party season, it’s worth taking a quick look at the way in which alcohol affects your digestive system, and some of the steps you can take to reduce those effects. Anyone who’s ever had a few…
Taking the time to spot the signs. The warning signs of bowel cancer.
We’ve talked a lot recently about the concept of self-care – the idea that our health is our own responsibility. This has been brought into sharp focus recently by the findings of a study by University College London and the…
Take care of yourself
Since 1948, Britain has enjoyed free health care at the point of delivery thanks to the NHS, a unique system in the modern world. There’s no doubt that this has led to huge improvements in the nations health, including a…
Food For Thought – Increase Your Fibre Intake
In July last year, the government’s independent Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition published wide ranging new guidelines on diet and health. These included a recommendation that people should increase their fibre intake to around 30g a day, from the current…
Think about what you drink
Red Bull may give you wings, but simple water can give you tons of energy too, as well as many other benefits. Best of all, it’s available 24/7 straight from the tap in all our homes and workplaces. Yet it…
For the sake of….who?
A fresh start in the New Year shouldn’t be done for the sake of old lang syne, it should be done for the sake of you. After weeks of over indulgence, chances are you will be feeling heavy, sluggish, lacking…
The gut and the mind
Instinctively, we have always known that there is a link between our gut and our mind, and our everyday language reveals this link very clearly. When we are nervous we describe ‘butterflies in our stomach’, when we are stressed, we…
ARCH therapist leads the way on IBS
ARCH therapists have long been advocates of modern colon hydrotherapy as a way of helping clients to deal with the symptoms of IBS, such as bloating, constipation and abdominal pain. Now one of our former Committee members, Linda Booth, is…
Destroying our gut instincts
We all know what a sanitised world we live in, with every surface cleaned with antibacterial products, every cough and cold treated with antibiotics and so much of our food processed and pasteurised. But what effect has this had on…
