About the Authors

Kate Lawrence

Kate.lawrence@stmarys.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Psychology, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, United Kingdom

Jeannette Hyde

Affiliation Independent researcher, registered nutritional therapist BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy CNHC mBANT, Twickenham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: J. Hyde has published two books based on The Gut Makeover dietary manipulation, assessed within this article: Hyde J. The Gut Makeover. London: Quercus Editions Ltd; 2015. Hyde J. The Gut Makeover Recipe Book. London: Quercus Editions Ltd; 2016. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JH KL. Data curation: JH KL. Formal analysis: KL JH. Investigation: KL JH. Methodology: JH KL. Project administration: JH KL. Resources: JH KL. Software: KL JH. Writing – original draft: KL JH. Writing – review & editing: KL JH.