Let’s Talk About What Your Stool Says About You!
Let’s Talk About What Your Stool Says About You Ever thought your daily bathroom trips could reveal a lot about your health? It’s true—those moments you spend in the loo are actually teeming with insights about your gut health. With more folks turning their focus towards understanding and improving their...
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The Best Vitamin D and K Benefits: Why They Travel Together
Best Vitamin D and K Benefits: Why They Travel Together Exploring Vitamin D and Vitamin K reveals a fascinating narrative in nutrition science. Vitamin D, celebrated for its bone health benefits and unique ability to be synthesized from sunlight, forms a compelling duo with Vitamin K, essential for blood clotting...
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Mast Cells & Oxalates: A Distressing Duo
Mast Cells and oxalates have a distressing relationship that can significantly impact our health. To understand the repercussions of this duo, we first need to explore what exactly mast cells and oxalates are and how they interact together and wreak havoc in our bodies. Mast Cells and Oxalates: How They...
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Are Oxalates Secretly Stoning You?
Are Oxalates Secretly Stoning You? Oxalates have been gaining attention in recent years due to their potential impact on health. In fact, Sally Norton MPH just came out with a great book on the topic of oxalates called, Toxic Superfoods. Many individuals may not be familiar with oxalates or the...
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Is it Alzheimer’s or a Mold Infection?
Is It Alzheimer’s Or A Mold Infection? We’re all familiar with the hallmark signs of Alzheimer’s disease – confusion, loss of memory, trouble communicating, and difficulty with spatial abilities. But just because somebody exhibits some (or all) of these symptoms does not automatically mean they have Alzheimer’s disease. Before taking yourself...
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Mast Cells & Mold: A Wicked Duo
Mast Cells & Mold – A Wicked Duo Mold, often an uninvited guest in our homes and offices, holds more power over our health than we might think. It’s not just unsightly, smelly, and damaging to structures–it can also significantly impact human health, mainly through stimulating mast cell activity. If you’ve...
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Elevated Zonulin: Tight Junctions, Leaky Gut and Autoimmune Disorders: What is the connection?
Elevated Zonulin: Tight Junctions, Leaky Gut and Autoimmune Disorders: What is the Connection? What is Zonulin Zonulin is a protein that that controls the opening and closing of the tight junctions in the gut. In a healthy gut, the small space in between the tight junctions is used to transport nutrients...
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More Than “Just Gas” H.Pylori and Your Gut Health
Could it be H. Pylori? We’ve all dealt with digestive issues – bloating, gas, constipation, and diarrhea happen to everyone at one point or another. But what happens when your short bout of indigestion doesn’t go away? What about when it significantly interferes with your everyday life and activities? It might be...
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Enteric Nervous System (ENS) | Your Second (Irritable) Brain and IBS
Enteric Nervous System (ENS) | Your Second (Irritable) Brain and IBS If you’ve ever suffered from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), you know it’s no joke. Cramping, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, and abdominal pain can make your life a living hell and disrupt your day-to-day activities. It’s estimated that about 10-15% of...
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