In this episode I answer frequently asked questions about digestion, covering topics like parasites, stomach acid, the GAPS diet, SIBO and more.
Questions include:
How to differentiate between a gut infection and food sensitivities?
How to boost your HCL production
Can strengthening the immune system take care of parasites?
When to call it quits on the GAPS diet
Is FODMAP sensitivity permanent, or can it be treated?
What causes digestive reactions to carbohydrates?
The next podcast will be our last with Danny. We'll make ...
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On Wednesday the 19th I'll be on the excellent new Balanced Bites podcast with Diane Sanfilippo of Balanced Bites and Liz Wolfe of Cave Girl Eats to discuss digestive health. Topics covered will include:
FODMAPs
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
Gut pathogens
Maintaining healthy gut flora
The best nutritional approaches for gut healing
Leave your questions in the comments section before the end of the day on Thursday (the 13th).
Diane and Liz have a great show. If your eyes ...
This is the final article in the Natural Childbirth series. If you've missed the other articles, make sure to check them out here.
There's absolutely no question that cesarean surgery (c-section) can save both mothers' and babies' lives when performed appropriately. The purpose of this article is not to question the use of c-section in those circumstances.
Instead, my goal is to challenge the idea - now prevalent in the Western world - that elective c-section is a ...
In this episode we discuss the gut-brain axis: the relationship between digestive health and cognitive function, memory, depression, anxiety and other mental and behavioral health issues. We cover:
the basic physiology involved
how inflammation in the gut affects the brain
how decreased brain activity compromises gut function
how to recognize the signs and symptoms of gut-brain axis dysfunction
studies demonstrating gut-brain dysfunction and its effects on health
dietary and lifestyle modifications to improve gut-brain function.
I think the gut-brain axis is one of ...
One of the most contentious issues in the Paleo nutrition community is whether dairy products are health-promoting or disease-causing.
On one end of the spectrum you have Loren Cordain and his group, who claim that dairy is not fit for human consumption for two reasons: 1) because it's a neolithic food and not part of our evolutionary heritage, and 2) because of proposed physiological mechanisms by which dairy causes harm when consumed. On the ...
I had a great conversation with a colleague yesterday. We were talking about parasites, chronic infections and cancer. The conventional understanding is that pathogens cause disease and must be eliminated to restore health. This makes sense, on the surface, and it's certainly true in the case of some virulent infections.
But what's missing here is an understanding that the body is an ecological system. There are over 100 trillion microorganisms living in our ...
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