Many suffer in silence from their stomach problems. Now, research suggest that stress may be a key factor in the onset of IBS-related complaints ...

Pain and hypersensitivity is caused by multiple factors. Given that IBS is considered a disorder of the gut-brain axis, the gut, brain, and microbiome all play a role.

Our immune system is amazing but complex! A basic understanding of the immune system helps us understand how important it is to our overall health and well-being.

The vagus nerve plays a crucial role when it comes to managing stress and improving health outcomes. With vagal stimulation, which you can easily do yourself, you can decrease your stress levels.

Infertility is a common problem, affecting 15% of couples worldwide. Interestingly, there seems to be some strong links between the microbiome and fertility ...

Improper function of the thyroid gland can lead to too little or too much production of thyroid hormones. Various factors impact thyroid health, which you will learn about in this article ...

Fatigue is a clinical symptom that we see a lot at Nordic Clinic, which accompanies most medical conditions. Treating chronic fatigue requires assessing a patient from nearly every possible angle ...

As a syndrome, IBS is marked by varying presentation of symptoms and individual causal drivers. A number of factors predispose individuals to IBS, and understanding the causes is the key to resolving IBS.

Recently, the European Commission classified obesity as a chronic disease. By classifying obesity as a chronic disease, this opens up a means of reducing all chronic disease by addressing a common thread ...

The underlying driver in autoimmunity is an immune system that turns its attention to our own tissues. Diet may be an important factor one can change to help manage an autoimmune condition ...

Sometimes our immune system can attack our own healthy cells. This process is known as autoimmunity. Why do some develop Hashimoto's and others MS or Lupus?

There are many causes of IBS, and those annoying symptoms will not go away without some good detective work. In this article, I will discuss one common cause of IBS, called SIBO ...

Do you feel embarrassed that you have excessive gas? Do you feel you look pregnant or swollen in your stomach? Maybe you can take some comfort in the fact that you are not alone ...

In the podcast Own Your Health, Ana Silva was recently having an interesting conversation with Graeme Jones. Graeme is explaining why gut health is so important and how it appears to be linked with many various health problems.

Long COVID symptoms are very similar to symptoms of our patients having post viral syndrome due to many other types of infections. Rather annoyingly, like with COVID long haulers, those with post viral fatigue have blood tests that come back as normal. That is good right?

A new paper indicates that “leaky gut” is a predictor of severe Covid-19 illness. This implies that we may be able to protect ourselves from having severe Covid-19 illness and lower our risk of adverse symptoms and death ...

ME/CFS is a life-altering and complex multi-system disease. Graeme Jones and Annie Pettersson at Nordic Clinic Stockholm has interviewed professor Jonas Bergquist about ME/CFS and his unique research. Listen to the full interview ...

Our gut is supposed to be leaky. It must allow the nutrients we need to enter into circulation, but whilst keeping bacteria firmly in the digestive tract. When the gut lining becomes excessively leaky or hyperpermeable, bacteria and bacterial metabolites cross into the bloodstream. It turns out that is not good for our health in many ways, including the liver.

Low oxalate diets are one of the newer kids on the block when it comes to elimination diets. Some people worry about their oxalate intake, but are they harmful for humans? ...

Low oxalate diets is a hot topic! A lot of foods considered healthy contain oxalates, such as beans, leafy greens, and nuts. Is it harmful for humans to eat oxalates and should everyone avoid them? In this episode of Food Pharmacy podden, Graeme Jones is interviewed on the topic.

Our goal at Nordic Clinic is to slow the rate of aging. Why? Simply put, the faster we age, the greater the risk of chronic disease, and that is what really kills us in the West ...

Imagine going on a long road trip in your car without knowing how much fuel you have left in the tank. How do you know when you need to stop for petrol? What does this have to do with aging? Let me explain ...

Research into the biology of aging has grown immensely in the last decade in our search for answers about longevity. The use of model organisms such as mice gives us tremendous insight into how we age ...

We often see people who appear older or younger than their chronological age. Research into the genetics of longevity indicates that genes only account for 25% of the variation in longevity, with lifestyle making up the remaining 75% ...