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).
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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 ...
All disease begins in the gut.
- Hippocrates
Hippocrates said this more than 2,000 years ago, but we're only now coming to understand just how right he was. Research over the past two decades has revealed that gut health is critical to overall health, and that an unhealthy gut contributes to a wide range of diseases including diabetes, obesity, rheumatoid arthritis, autism spectrum disorder, depression and chronic fatigue syndrome.
In fact, many researchers (including myself) believe that supporting ...
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 ...
Hippocrates said: "All disease begins in the gut." 2,500 years later we're just beginning to understand how right he was. And, as I'll explain in this article, hypothyroidism is no exception. Poor gut health can suppress thyroid function and trigger Hashimoto's disease, and low thyroid function can lead to an inflamed and leaky gut - as illustrated in the following diagram:
The gut-thyroid-immune connection
Have you ever considered the fact that the contents of the ...
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