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Gut Coach Ancient Grain Bread
Claire Boutsiavaras Claire Boutsiavaras

Gut Coach Ancient Grain Bread

Wholemeal Einkorn is an ancient grain that has not been hybridised like modern white refined grains. It therefore has a higher nutrient value including fibre and B vitamins. It is easier to digest and may be tolerated by those with a gluten sensitivity. Try my easy no knead, mix only recipe!

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Gluten Free Not Cross Buns
Claire Boutsiavaras Claire Boutsiavaras

Gluten Free Not Cross Buns

Even if you don’t eat a gluten free diet these Not Cross Buns are worth a try given how easy they are to make and the fibre & protein content to boost immunity and support digestion.

Manageable, affordable, packed-lunch box appropriate.

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My Life and Bread
Claire Boutsiavaras Claire Boutsiavaras

My Life and Bread

I was raised in Cornwall by my single parent Mother of three who was well known in the village for selling her freshly baked bread…

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Green Detox Morning Juice
Claire Boutsiavaras Claire Boutsiavaras

Green Detox Morning Juice

Start your day with a green juice to support liver function, reduce headaches, muscle pain & improve skin. Check out my recipe and nutritional guidance to get the best out of it and avoid nausea.

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Gingerbread Folk - Ginger for Gut Health!
Claire Boutsiavaras Claire Boutsiavaras

Gingerbread Folk - Ginger for Gut Health!

Ginger is a natural prokinetic- which means it helps move food through the intestines. Check this low carb, high protein, healthy fats & fibre immune boosting recipe with full nutritional facts…

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The Gut Coach Gugelhupf Cake!
Claire Boutsiavaras Claire Boutsiavaras

The Gut Coach Gugelhupf Cake!

The Gut Coach Gugelhupf Cake Recipe!

The aim of the recipe is to reduce refined sugars and flours focusing on protein, healthy fats & fibre; providing an energy efficient, immune boosting, tasty and festive snack!

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The Gut Coach Gluten Free Bread Recipe
Claire Boutsiavaras Claire Boutsiavaras

The Gut Coach Gluten Free Bread Recipe

Even if you don’t eat a gluten free diet this bread is worth a try given how easy it is to make and it’s fibre & protein content to boost immunity and support digestion.

A sandwich made out of this bread will keep you going through the afternoon, reducing your need to reach for sugary snacks- like you might do if you ate conventional supermarket bread for lunch.

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Why do you Supplement?
Claire Boutsiavaras Claire Boutsiavaras

Why do you Supplement?

Did you get told by a practitioner to take a vitamin D supplement this year? Did they also tell you that vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin and requires supplementation in a liquid emulsion form?

Oral iron supplementation may be notoriously difficult to achieve without causing constipation and bloating because it is taken up in the intestines by methane producing gut bacteria.

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Intestinal Parasitic Helminths - Friend or Foe?
Claire Boutsiavaras Claire Boutsiavaras

Intestinal Parasitic Helminths - Friend or Foe?

Helminths may be hard to diagnose by an Infectious Disease professional. But with the correct medical and nutritional guidance it is possible to recover from these opportunists and move towards a brighter and happier, pest-free future. Which is where I am now; ready to help you recover from parasite infections or imbalances in your intestines that are causing you to suffer.

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Dry January
Claire Boutsiavaras Claire Boutsiavaras

Dry January

Rather than looking at January as an opportunity to stop drinking for one month of the year, how can you find balance with your alcohol intake year-round? How can you start to look at alcohol as a recreational substance to be kept away from the home?

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My Thoughts on Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
Claire Boutsiavaras Claire Boutsiavaras

My Thoughts on Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)

We are meant to be colonised and co-exist together as the human ‘superorganism’ living in harmony, symbiotically. It is a matter of rebalancing the ‘gut dysbiosis’ (imbalance in the gut bacteria), not eradicating it. And that can be achieved in SIBO without the use of antibiotics, antimicrobials or a low FODMAP diet.

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