Bariatric surgery works for weight loss & diabetes. But what’s really behind the success? Gut hormones. Bariatric surgery is making headlines- just the other day the New York Times ran…
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There’s a fungus among us! Candida overgrowth, SIFO & the Mycobiome Adapted from http://www.the-scientist.com/images/February2016/TheHumanMycobiome%20low.pdf It’s time to start focusing on the other important players in your gut- fungi and viruses….
Forest Bathing Spending this weekend in Hudson Valley immersing myself in the woods and snow. Feeling a million miles away from the day-to-day stress of my favorite megacity, New York,…
from American Chemical Society https://www.acs.org/ OK, so the name may sound a little strange… but the low FODMAP diet is an elimination strategy that makes a ton of sense! A…
“The whiter the bread, the sooner you’re dead” I’ll admit it’s a little morbid, but it drives the point home. Processed food including white bread, white rice, white pasta, processed…
You’ve heard all about PRObiotics… but what about PREbiotics? First, let’s start with some definitions: adapted from http://fitandawesome.com PREbiotics= FIBER! Non-digestible (poorly-absorbed) fermentable carbohydrates that stimulate the growth/activity of beneficial colonic bacteria. All…
Ditch dairy. Your gut will thank you. Eating dairy after infancy is actually not natural. Our bodies weren’t made to digest milk products after breastfeeding. But we still do it,…
Liver cancer and fatty liver: All cancer death rates are dropping except liver cancer. Meet the culprits: hepatitis C, alcohol, fatty liver For just a minute, we’re going to move…
Gut Peace: De-stress Your Gut, De-stress You When you’re happy, your gut is happy. When your gut is happy, you’re happy. But when you’re stressed, your gut is also stressed….
#poopgoals:Wake up, move +fiber+coffee, poop, REPEAT. Your body wants you to have a routine, and you can’t blame it. Your body knows it will work best with a daily schedule,…