Listen To Your Gut
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The Ultimate Guide to Carminatives for Gas Pain
Introduction Gas pain and intestinal cramping can be uncomfortable and even debilitating for some people. While over-the-counter drugs exist, many people prefer natural remedies like carminatives. These substances have been used for centuries in traditional medicine...
Anti-Inflammatory Diet: A Surprisingly Easy Way to Reduce Inflammation
Is your immune system over-reacting? If so, an anti-inflammatory diet may help! Inflammation: A Necessary Evil? Yes, we need inflammation. Inflammation is the body’s natural response to infection or injury. Heat, pain, redness, swelling, and (sometimes) loss of...
How to Detox (and Live Longer) by Sauna Bathing
When you sauna bathe, your skin heats first. Upon exposure to high heat, skin temperature rises to approximately 104 °F. Then, body temperature rises. Slowly at first (98.6 °F to 100.4 °F). Then rapidly (to 102.2 °F). In addition to increased core temperature, your...
The Best Evidence-Based Diet to Reduce IBS Symptoms
For those struggling with IBS, the diet most likely to reduce symptoms (like gas, bloating, and unpredictable diarrhea) is a low FODMAP diet. What is a low-FODMAP IBS diet? A low FODMAP diet is an eating pattern that does not include FODMAPs. What are FODMAPs? FODMAPs...
Why does prebiotic fiber make me gassy and bloated?
Spoiler alert: You may choosing the wrong prebiotic fiber for your unique gut. Your digestive tract is full of microbes. They outnumber us 10 to 1. And your gut microbiome is unique to you. Nobody has a microbiome exactly like yours. Each of your microbes has the...
7 Ways to Optimize Your Gut Microbiome, Backed by Research
If you’re reading this, you probably already know that all disease begins in the gut. And you probably want to optimize your health by optimizing your gut microbiome. Me, too! Over the years, I’ve read the latest science, listened to experts, and compiled the best and...
5 Tips for Dining Out with Food Sensitivities
You just started an elimination diet (based on your food sensitivities test results). There’s a list of foods you can’t eat. You sit down at your favorite restaurant. You look at the menu. But have no idea what’s safe to eat. In that moment, you realize that going out...
10 Must-Try Fermented Foods for a Healthier Gut
Purple sauerkraut, fermented cabbage that naturally contains the probiotic lactobacillus acidophilus
Is The Way You Brush Your Teeth Contributing To SIBO?
If you have SIBO, should you brush your teeth before or after breakfast? The correct answer is before. If you have small intestine bacterial overgrowth and brush your teeth after breakfast, you may be adding fuel to the (overgrowth) fire. In fact, this is a question I...