Arising Health

01/09/2026

27/07/2026

Luca caught a respiratory virus. It changed his brain. Her little boy looked ‘possessed’ by a mystery illness that many doctors dismiss – and the family’s ordeal is far from unique.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4fxPaNv

05/07/2026

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11704703/

Gluten-Free is not just for Coeliacs.

This recently published study is a meaningful because it is high quality evidence that being gluten-free has significant long-term health benefit for people other than those diagnosed with coeliac disease. The findings provide evidence supporting a genuine biological relationship between gluten exposure and chronic immune dysregulation.

One of the greatest challenges in nutrition research is delineating from experiential evidence and quantifiable measurable evidence. Often people say, "I feel better when I don't eat gluten." While others say they notice no difference at all, and yet may be living with symptoms that don't appear to be connected to what they are eating.

This study is of particular good quality evidence in how GF diets impact immune behaviour. The researchers used a sophisticated technique called Mendelian randomization, analysing genetic data, and pulled a very large sample size of 500,000 individuals. This type of study design is the highest quality method available for investigating causal relationships in nutrition research. It minimises many factors that can bias previous conventional studies.

In this study, the researchers discuss mostly rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However they also discuss evidence that gluten avoidance reduces signifincantly influences specific immune cell populations involved in overall immune regulation. They state further research is needed to look at other specific chronic immune diseases. These findings, however, strengthen the growing body of evidence linking gluten exposure with damaged immune function.

Gluten exposure has a significant influence on the behaviour of the immune system. For people living with autoimmune disease and chronic immune activation conditions, a gluten-free diet is an important component of treatment management to reduce chronic immune activation and improving long-term health outcomes.

Studies like this one continue to move the conversation beyond opinion and personal experience to stronger scientific evidence that nutrition can play a meaningful role in regulating immune health.

29/12/2025

As 2025 comes to a close, thinking all the families I've worked this year and wishing you a peaceful and hopeful Christmas and new year. Each year, I pick out one specific case that the parents are happy to share publicly , and that demonstrates clear and real hope in the face of managing neuroimmune and neurodevelopment disorders. Wishing you a better 2026.

02/11/2025

I'm off this week hiking the 3 capes in Tasmania. A well earned break in nature! If you've sent me an email this week, I will see it around 9th November next week!

05/01/2025

Starting the 2025 work year with some great feed back from clients having the best Christmas and new year break they've had in a few years. Here is a case review of one my long term very complex cases.

29/12/2024

Another beautiful testimonial from a family seeing a better christmas and new year in 2024. Whether you've started out in the journey, feeling overwhelmed with the magnitude of work to be done or celebrating some small gains. I hope this holiday season is one of the best yet to come.

05/05/2024

Bookings are now open again for new clients for 2024. Go to https://arisinghealth.com.au/appointments/
and you can book your appointment under new client triage.

All clients, new and existing, get a 48 hour reminder of their appointment time. If you think you're not going to make your appointment or need to change it, please use the cancel appointment link in your reminder email to change it. This ensures another family can have the opportunity for an earlier time.

15/02/2024

In no other experience, can I imagine where the maternal instinct is tested to the extreme limit. I am in awe and admiration of the tenacious trust of the mother’s deep maternal instinct. It is that instinct, and the father’s trust in it, that as a species, after all this time throughout history, we are still here. Continue to trust in that power of the maternal instinct that got you to this point so far.