The term Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS is used to identify a person's health condition, but what does it mean? If you have been diagnosed with IBS it means that you have abnormal digestive symptoms with an unknown cause. So too if you haven't been diagnosed by a qualified healthcare practitioner, but are experiencing diarrhoea, constipation, bloating, stomach cramps, food malabsorption or heartburn you could also be categorised as having 'IBS'.

Stress: the word seems to be thrown around loosely by practitioners and the media as a potential cause for almost any symptom or disease. So what is it and how does it affect us?

Men's health issues are now gaining more public awareness with the creation of International men's health week. Here is an article written by Adam Rigby from Optimal Nutrition who has a private practice in Nutritional Medicine specialising in sports nutrition and digestive disorders and runs regular Nutritional cooking classes in Melbourne.