Kriben Govender is the host of Feedspot Global Top 3 Gut Health Podcasts for 2020 - The Gut Health Gurus Podcast https://www.podcast.nourishmeorganics.com.au/ where he frequently interviews health experts from around the world.
Kriben, is a Food Scientist, Registered Nutritionist and Founder of Nourishme Organics, https://www.nourishmeorganics.com.au/a company specialising in Gut Health and Mitochondrial health focused products and Allele Microbiome – a provider of cutting edge Metagenomic Stool Testing and Deuterium Testing. https://www.allele.com.au/
Kriben holds a honours degree in Applied Science (Food Science and Technology), is a member of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology and Nutrition Society of Australia and is a Microba Approved Nutritionist.
With more than 20 years of Food industry experience in the field of Research and Development, Quality Assurance and Procurement, Kriben intimately understands the food supply chain and the interaction between diet and the gut microbiome. He has personally visited more than 100 food processing sites across the world. Kriben is an expert in art of making fermented foods like Kefir, Kombucha and fermented vegetable etc and was a Judge in the 2019 RASV Australia Food Awards.
Kriben currently oversees Australia’s premier Gut Health Facebook Group- The Nourishme Organics Gut Health Gurus, with more than 12,000 gut health enthusiastic members. https://www.facebook.com/groups/nourishmeorganics/Natural Treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., Dyslexia, A.D.H.D., Depression, Schizophrenia. He started to follow a GAPS diet, make homemade fermented foods like kefir, kombucha and sauerkraut, adopted a transcendental meditation (TM) and yoga practice, attended cognitive behaviour therapy sessions with a psychologist, learned the Meisner and AleNatural Treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., Dyslexia, A.D.H.D., Depression, Schizophrenia. He started to follow a GAPS diet, make homemade fermented foods like kefir, kombucha and sauerkraut, adopted a transcendental meditation (TM) and yoga practice, attended cognitive behaviour therapy sessions with a psychologist, learned the Meisner and Alexander acting techniques - all which helped him overcome his struggle with anxiety and depression. With this newfound knowledge, he launched Nourishme Organics to help others heal their bodies via Gut Health.
Kriben’s Story
Around 8 years ago, Kriben’s life imploded. He was extremely depressed, overweight and lacking in energy and vibrancy. He found himself alone in an apartment, ready to end his life. A combination of workplace bullying, stress, a struggle with anxiety and depression and a collapsed marriage resulted in a sense of worthlessness. For the sake of his 3 young boys, Kriben soldiered on and discovered the importance of gut health on his mental wellbeing. He found inspiration in the work of Dr Natasha Campbell McBride through here book Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS): Natural Treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., Dyslexia, A.D.H.D., Depression, Schizophrenia. He started to followed a GAPS diet, make homemade fermented foods like kefir, kombucha and sauerkraut, adopted a transcendental meditation (TM) and yoga practice, attended cognitive behaviour therapy sessions with a psychologist, learned the Meisner and Alexander acting techniques - all which helped him overcome his struggle with anxiety and depression. With this newfound knowledge he launched Nourishme Organics to help other heal their bodies via Gut Health.
Kriben then went on to found Allele Microbiome- a company focused on bring cutting edge metagenomic DNA based stool testing to the public. He has been greatly inspired by the work of Dr Jack Kruse, Dr Gabor Somlyai, Dr Laszlo Boros and Prof Doug Wallace which let him to explore the importance of Mitochondrial Health on overall health. Recently he has introduced Australia’s first direct to public urine and saliva deuterium test and is in the process of launching Low D- A Deuterium Depleted Glacial Spring Water to optimise mitochondrial function.
Kriben is available for face to face or online nutrition consulting with a particular focus on Gut and Mitochondrial optimisation at The Nourishme Organics shop in Cheltenham, Melbourne. VIC.
He is also available for speaking engagements, interviews and podcasts. Please send an email to hello@nourishmeorganics.com.auto make a company specialising in Gut Health and Mitochondrial health-focused products and Allele Microbiome – a provider of cutting edge Metagenomic Stool Testing and Deuterium Testing.
