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11 Ways to Love Your Microbiome – Frank Lipman MD

Aug 18, 2021

Your microbiome holds the key to your health. Your microbiome can regulate your immune system, hormones, gut health, skin health, absorption of vitamins and minerals, and even your mood! Keeping your microbiome balanced, diverse and free from the "bad bugs" is how...

Foods That Help With Detox

Aug 11, 2021

The foods that you eat can have an amazing impact on your health. Many foods can stimulate some detox (or cleaning) processes in the body. That’s why you’ll want to know how to detox your system with these foods. Garlic Garlic seems to find its way onto just about any...

Healthy Fats Boost Your Metabolism

Aug 4, 2021

For decades we did everything we could to cut fat out of our diet. The end result is that we were getting fatter and fatter in the western world. Dietary fat was cut out of our foods in an effort to reduce bad cholesterol and prevent heart disease. Instead we gained...

Antimicrobial Agents: When and How They May Help Your Health

Jul 28, 2021

Antimicrobials are are substances that kill or prevent microbes. Using testing like the GI MAP to uncover hidden imbalances in your microbiome (like bacteria, fungus or parasite overgrowth's) can help determine how specific antimicrobials can help you rebalance you...

What Is SIBO? Causes, Symptoms and Why Its Hard To Treat | Chris Kresser

Jul 21, 2021

SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) is a common overgrowth that causes A LOT of gut symptoms and other symptoms that may seem unrelated. Your small intestine is about 20 feet long and connects to to large intestine. Normally small amounts of bacteria live in...

How to Use Probiotics for Bloating and Constipation Relief

Jul 14, 2021

Probiotics are a hot topic these days. Some claim they're worthless and some are big believers of their integral part in keeping your gut healthy. I couldn't agree more that probiotics are crucial to gut health and overall healing.This great article from Dr. Ruscio...

Eat Fat To Lose Body Fat

Jul 7, 2021

For decades we've all worked under the assumption that to lose fat we have to cut fat out of our diets. Thus the low fat craze was born.For decades we've all worked under the assumption that to lose fat we have to cut fat out of our diets. Thus the low fat craze was...

Leaky Gut and Malnutrition

Jun 30, 2021

Vitamins are essential in maintaining your health. However, when you suffer from a leaky gut you can also be vitamin deficient (or malnourished). When you have leaky gut, it's likely you also may have an absorption problem. That means you can be eating the healthiest...

20 Ways to Curb Acid Reflux Without PPIs – Frank Lipman MD

Jun 23, 2021

Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) are popular drugs on the market to treat ulcers and GERD. They're also used in combination with antibiotics to treat Helicobacter pylori, a bacteria in the stomach that can lead to ulcers and in some cases even stomach cancer. I've been...

We Could All Use a Health Coach – The New York Times

Jun 16, 2021

Curious about how Health Coaching can help you? We all want to get healthy and it's also very common that people experience a gap between what they know they need to do to be healthy, and actually doing it. You’re not alone! Many people struggle with making...