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Importance of gut health in babies and toddlers
It can impact not just digestive health but the body's immune system response and brain function.
The Beginner’s Guide to Better Gut Health
A step-by-step guide to making your tummy troubles disappear.
How Gut Health Impacts Cardiometabolic Disease
The incidence of cardiometabolic disease is of great concern. According to the Center for Disease Control and the NIDDK 34.4% of us have metabolic syndrome,
How To Recover Gut Health After Antibiotics
In past generations, the same infectious diseases that would have impaired or killed us are easily halted through a simple course of antibiotic medication. While I’m not in favor of contaminating our food supply with antibiotics, using them wisely in order to stop the progress of acute disease is extremely valuable. But one of their unfortunate side effects, however, is that antibiotic drugs are not selective…
Seven tips to boost your gut health
A few species of microbe play a crucial role in maintaining the microbiome
A doctor explains why gut health is as important as heart health
We’ve long been obsessed with our heart health. Now it’s time to pay more attention to our digestive system.
Gut health basics: How and when to take probiotics
Dear Dr. Roach: With the current focus on gut health, I have been hearing a lot about probiotic supplements. Who should take them? Does the number of
A Gut Check on Gut Health: What You Need to Know
The terms microbiome and probiotic are familiar to many, but few fully understand them. This overview distinguishes between science and marketing hype.
Why You Shouldn’t Take Your Gut Health for Granted
What we do and don’t know about gut health
The microbiome inside our bodies dictates many aspects of our health – and is as individual as we are.
Why Gut Health Begins in the Mouth
How mouth bacteria influence your gut and overall digestive health
How to improve your gut health
Quite literally, your gut is the epicenter of your mental and physical health. If you want better immunity, efficient digestion, improved clarity and balance, focus on rebuilding your gut health.
Why Gut Health Determines Immunity
Our gastrointestinal tract, more commonly known as "the gut," is composed of organs involved in digestion, absorption, and excretion processes. These are your mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, small intestine, gallbladder, colon, and the rectum. While the gut does play a major role in how the body responds to
Gut Health 101: What Is the Microbiome?
The microbiome is the collection of genes of the microbes that live in our bodies. Learn how these bacteria play a vital role in your health.
Clean Eating Tips To Optimize Gut Health
A doctor and Ayurvedic expert shares her three favorite tips to clean up your eating habits without spending too much money or time.
Your Gut Health + Why You Need To Start Taking a Probiotic ASAP
Let's talk about gut health and why it's important. From what to eat to the importance of taking a probiotic, this post walks you through why you should start taking care of your gut health ASAP.
WTF Is Gut Health And Why Is It So Important?
How prebiotic and probiotic foods affect your gut health
You keep hearing about probiotics, and now, prebiotics, but what exactly are these foods and what do they do?
Gut Health: How to Heal the Body from the Inside Out.
Update: via The NY Times: THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE: Can the Bacteria in Your Gut Explain Your Mood? Like everything else in life, healthy gut flora is all about balance. Candida is a kind of yeast, ...
Why Gut Health is a Factor in How Stressed You Are
When we think of the word stress, the first words that come to mind are anything related to the brain or the head. True enough, some of the symptoms of being stressed is having a headache or some form of anxiety, which indirectly affects our quality of life. Of course, you naturally want to focus on brain health to hel
