unlock the power of your gut in 2025.

watch our expert panel discuss gut health and its links to overall wellbeing. We don't believe in gatekeeping information, especially when it comes to your gut health and overall wellbeing. So when discussing what our first in-person event would entail, we agreed it should be both educational and accessible to our whole community. So here's the full 45 minute panel discussion from our recent event, where we explored how you can unlock the power of your gut. Our expert panel included doctors across digestion, mind, skin, immunity and hormones - all the areas of our wellbeing the gut influences, and can be influenced by (otherwise known as bidirectional relationships). on the panel.  Emily English - Epetōme founder, nutritionist and Sunday Times bestselling author. Dr Frankie Jackson-Spence - Medical Doctor MBChB BMedSc MRCP. Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed - NHS Gastroenterologist. Dr Thivi Maruthappu - UK’s First Dual-Qualified Consultant Dermatologist & Nutritionist. Dr Jonathan Swann - Professor of Biomecular Medicine, University of Southampton. If you don't have time to watch the full panel talk, don't worry! We'll be sharing key highlights on our socials over the coming weeks. Follow us on Instagram to see this content in your feed: @epetome_co

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watch our expert panel discuss gut health and its links to overall wellbeing.

We don't believe in gatekeeping information, especially when it comes to your gut health and overall wellbeing. So when discussing what our first in-person event would entail, we agreed it should be both educational and accessible to our whole community.

So here's the full 45 minute panel discussion from our recent event, where we explored how you can unlock the power of your gut. Our expert panel included doctors across digestion, mind, skin, immunity and hormones - all the areas of our wellbeing the gut influences, and can be influenced by (otherwise known as bidirectional relationships).

on the panel. 

  • Emily English - Epetōme founder, nutritionist and Sunday Times bestselling author.
  • Dr Frankie Jackson-Spence - Medical Doctor MBChB BMedSc MRCP.
  • Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed - NHS Gastroenterologist.
  • Dr Thivi Maruthappu - UK’s First Dual-Qualified Consultant Dermatologist & Nutritionist.
  • Dr Jonathan Swann - Professor of Biomecular Medicine, University of Southampton.

If you don't have time to watch the full panel talk, don't worry! We'll be sharing key highlights on our socials over the coming weeks.

Follow us on Instagram to see this content in your feed:

@epetome_co

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