Biome Broth Study Team
Anna Webb
Anna Webb –Behaviour and Nutrition expert combines her Psychology degree with her study at The College of Integrated Veterinary Therapies (CIVT).
Anna is passionate about natural healthcare and believes you are what you eat! Studying nutrition for dogs and cats at The College of Integrated Veterinary Studies, Anna offers a holistic view fusing training and behaviour, environmental factors with natural nutrition for optimum health, especially for the Microbiome.
Anna is co-host of the only weekly radio ‘slot’ dedicated to dogs in Europe -airing nationally on BBC Local’s ‘Barking at the Moon’.
Contributing as an expert on national and local radio, including BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine Show, Talk Radio, GB News, Channel 5, BBC Politics and Sky News. Anna writes for magazines including Edition Dog, Edition Cat, and Animal Therapy Magazine.
Anna’s award nominated podcast A DOG’S LIFE conveys her lifelong passion for dogs, it investigates all aspects of modern dog ownership and brings to life that every dog is extraordinary. A DOG’S LIFE is streaming on all platforms,
Anna contributed weekly to ITV1’s The Titchmarsh Show as a Pet Expert, starred on SKY1’s ‘dogumentary’ A Different Breed, Channel 5’s The Gabby Logan Show as well as co-authoring The Barking Blondes, published by Octopus.
Anna is a member of IAAT – the International Association of Animal Therapists, and as an Affiliate of the Raw Feeding Vet Society, she is owned by Prudence her Miniature Bull Terrier and Mr Binks her re-homed English Toy Terrier, and Baggy, her stray street-cat, who’s learnt some tricks and thinks he’s a dog!
Carol Hughes PhD
Microbiome researcher since 2014, worked on major projects linking the microbiome to obesity and gastric inflammation in dogs and horses. Other major projects include the development of a mobile biosensor (dogs and horses) to detect dysbiosis with Professor Chris Gwenin (Bangor University).
Owner/Director of parent company Phytorigins t/a PetBiome, EquiBiome and AgriBiome, favourite microbiome interests are the One Health Initiative and modulating antibiotic resistance in the gut.
Currently working to establish a National Faecal Matter Transplant Bank and screening /library in collaboration with Aberystwyth University.
Rachel Down
Rachel Down is Founder and Managing Director of Boil and Broth Ltd. Rachel started Boil and Broth back in 2018 after she found the bone broth and kefir water helped to reverse Candida overgrowth and Leaky Gut Syndrome. Rachel lost 2 ½ stone in 12 weeks and 6 stone in two years. Naturally, she went into business wanting to help others. Rachel also started studying a BSc Health Science degree at the Open University. She was keen to understand more about gut health and also the products she was making. Rachel developed all of the products on her science knowledge and since then the products have been innovated with health science always in mind.
It was not long after Rachel launched the business, that she realised a lot of people were buying bone broth for their dogs. Rachel applied for a pet food license and Boil and Broth became the first bone broth manufacturer to hold a co-located license to produce bone broth for humans and pets,
Over the years, Boil and Broth have grown and we now have a small team dedicated to producing quality gut health products that have proven results in aiding and healing the gut. Rachel is very excited to work on the Biome Broth Study as this type of study is something she has wanted to do for a very long time.
Recently, Rachel Down wrote an ebook called Gut Health for Dogs – A Ultimate Guide To Your Dog’s Wellness. Rachel has recently appeared on podcasts, webinars, and other video platforms telling more and more people about the benefits of bone broth.
