The Bothwell Clinic

17/09/2025

If you're considering attending for colon hydrotherapy/irrigation its a good idea to watch some videos of the treatment before booking, this video by ARCH Trainer Abi Groos is a good wee insight into how it is done from consultation to after care advice

ARCH have compiled a video (with the lovely Abi who is based in North Devon) to show clients what colon irrigation / colon hydrotherapy entails: On Booking your appointment: Email confirmations of appointments are sent on booking appointment. It is the clients responsibility to make themselves famil...

13/09/2025

Anyone who has come for colon hydrotherapy to me knows I always do a thorough consultation including operations/medications/dietary intake and general lifestyle.. with regards to medications I think this article will give some understanding as to why these things are so important to good gut health and health in general 🤔

Medications taken years ago can continue to shape the human gut microbiome, according to a large-scale study from the University of Tartu Institute of Genomics.

18/03/2025

People say it's so difficult to know what is 'healthy food'..a way of deciding what to eat is the Nova Classification of food so familiarise yourself with this, stick to Nova 1 &2 and it will put you on the right path..😁

01/02/2025

Many clients coming for treatment/advice are buying into the "sourdough" hype...true sourdough cannot be mass produced and really is an artisan occupation. Check your supermarket sourdough. Also remember even sourdough is wheat which is high FODMAP and grains contain proteins called opioid peptides which actually slow down gut transit..and anyone who knows me knows I am not a fan of grains when it comes to gut health...🤨

Just one in five so-called supermarket sourdough loaves are made traditionally, according to Which?

12/10/2024

I can not recommend this website/app highly enough, this is sterling work by doctors in England based on the award winning work by Dr David Unwin. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/ There is even a 4 week eating plan and best of all it is FREE to use. 😍

The Freshwell Low Carb Project is an initiative set up by Dr David Oliver and Dr Kim Andrews at the Freshwell Health Centre, Essex, UK. This project grew out of our concern about the rise in incidence of type 2 diabetes over the last few years, alongside the widely reported rapid increase in obesity...

10/10/2024

Prof Tim Spector...my hero......compulsive watching for every human being who is interested in gut and both physical and mental health. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66hWntvp0_4

10/10/2024

What if it has always really been THIS SIMPLE????

Given recent medical clinical studies into the human microbiota (gut bacteria) what if modulating the abundance and diversity of microbial flora could make us all have better "personal resilience'

Professor Tim Spector is SO forward thinking on subject and just think...maybe dealing with the microbiome could be the key to alleviating enduring and debilitating anxiety/depression given that 90-95% of serotonin and 50% of dopamine is made in the gut?

In individuals with depression and anxiety, the composition or alteration of their gut microbiota can significantly affect their psychological symptoms. Articles for this study were selected using PubMed and NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology ...

10/10/2024

Many of our lovely clients who attend for colon hydrotherapy treatment also use the NHS prescribed Peristeen home apparatus (by makers Coloplast who also supply stoma bags) in between their treatments with us, so if you are seeing your Gastroenterology Consultant ask about your NHS Registered Continence Nurse provision of this equipment, these nurses can show the patient how to use this within their own homes. Every little helps when it comes to the health of our bowelies 😉

Information about Peristeen a**l irrigation system PAI for faecal / bowel incontinence and chronic constipation

10/10/2024

Wonderful article by a GP who has gone on to do the Functional Medicine course with IFM. When I did the course back in 2015 around half of the delegates were medics. So good to see change whereby ailments are been treated first and foremost by lifestyle changes before pharmaceuticals. Wonderful medics such as Rangan Chattergee, David Unwin, Aseem Malholtra and many more. https://www.gponline.com/gp-careers-why-i-decided-train-functional-medicine/article/1445501?fbclid=IwY2xjawF02lNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSslA-XGzriLUh0n0VVLQ-fzQAmUI-ISVdTFRQ_33Ktr17K84a0qZUwz9A_aem_n4Y7ajAArPGxnZOfqkaEJg

Dr Sarah Davies explains what functional medicine is and how training in this field has enhanced her career.

10/10/2024

Fantastic Article from Allergy UK

Free Allergy Support & Resources

10/10/2024

Great input from Dr Megan Rossi (gut specialist) on the efficacy of food intolerance tests (starts at 16:30 minutes into the programme) in the article Dr Rossi mentions digestive enzymes i.e. lactase to break down lactose etc..

Can spices help with our health? Is drinking lettuce juice the key to a good night’s sleep? Are online food intolerance tests worth the money? And a look at the dangers of aerosol cans.