Karen O' Donoghue : Founder of the happy tummy co.

TEACH SCOILE by the happy tummy co. engages the science behind the food that we eat so that food can be not only a source of pleasure but a form of preventative medicine.

The happy tummy co was born out of my own success with using food as medicine and a desire to give people preventative health options. Growing up a constipated mess, with inflammation caused by IBS negatively infiltrating my mental and physical wellbeing, I gradually resolved that one day I would feel free of all strains on my body through a food based solution. And once I’d discovered this solution, I couldn’t wait to get it out to everyone! What joy it was to discover happiness!

The Happy Tummy Co. began in Hackney, East London out of a need I had for real, digestible bread.

We sold a huge range of breads from pitta to baps to loaves to scones to a food-to-go range in stores across London and throughout the U.K. Retail was tough. And I abhorred waste! Within 18 months I decided to cut off retail and just bake to order. It was the only way towards a happy and sustainable future that felt totally and utterly right.

Food fads have long diminished the core and necessary value in the food that we eat. The commoditisation of food has diminished the quality in our food system. A growing dependence on supermarkets to curate our health has made them not only food suppliers but pharmacists as well.

Here's to depending on real food for the sake of your health, head and heart.

Grá Mór,

Karen x

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“Karen is a breath of fresh air when it comes to the wellness industry,” he says. “She doesn’t talk any doo-doo and she doesn’t hold back either. She has taught me a lot about crop rotation and soil health, and I believe if we are interested in human nutrition we need to be interested in the quality of the plants we grow, and the health of the soil in which they grow.

"It’s an intriguing space with a beautiful story to tell. The setting is an inconspicuous building in a quiet corner of a Westport carpark, but the learnings found within the walls are nothing short of spectacular."

"Priced around £1 per slice, the Happy Tummy Loaf certainly has a lot to prove."

"Specialising in high fibre, wholegrain breads and bakes, she's lithe and clear-skinned, with an infectious Irish enthusiasm. We met for the first time in January when she hosted a dinner at the Soho-based fermented food pop-up,Kultured. Then, like now, she spoke about the gut with the clear-eyed zeal of someone who's set on converting the world to her way of thinking."

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