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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...

Do you have low stomach acid? Signs and simple remedies

Jun 9, 2021

Low stomach acid can cause various symptoms ranging from gut dysfunction to skin breakouts. My friend and colleague Heidi, also know as The Healthy RD, wrote such a great article about this topic I couldn't resist sharing it with you. She discusses all of the...

Your Gut Health Depends On It—How To Deal with Toxic People

Jun 2, 2021

Your gut health affects you overall health. Therefore it's very important to do what it takes to keep your gut well balanced. Nutrition is a great place to start, as well as looking deeper into your microbiome and any underlying infections or imbalances you have. The...

Probiotics for Your Health

May 26, 2021

In recent years, new information has been released to show the benefits of taking supplements like probiotics. The human body is an organism that relies on hundreds of other types of single celled organisms to survive and function on a healthy level. These small...