EATING CLAY: LESSONS ON MEDICINE FROM WORLDWIDE CULTURES

Clay-eating, the practice known as geophagy or geophagia, has long been a puzzle to Western medical practitioners. Until recently, eating chalk, soil...

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Early Childhood Behavior and Gut Health

Gut Microbiota, Neurodevelopment, and Childhood Behavior Our gastrointestinal tracts harbor complex communities of microbes, collectively known as...

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Probiotics Have A Shelf Life!

Did You Know Most Probiotics Need to be Refrigerated? Unlike supplements, most probiotics have a short shelf life and should be refrigerated to...

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Top 7 Benefits of Collagen

Did you know collagen benefits go far beyond skin and joint health? Most people have heard of collagen, which is commonly used in lotions for the...

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Top 5 Foods for Leaky Gut

Guest post by Kathryn Kos of Primal Bliss Nutrition Best Nutritional Recommendations for Intestinal Permeability When I work with clients who are...

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Top Health Promoting Activities of the Microbiome

Did You Know the Microbiome Lives Outside Your Gut? The Microbiome is not limited to only the digestive tract. The microbiome exists on the skin, in...

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Did You Know? Eat Seasonally for Optimal Health

Our Ancestors Ate Seasonally for Health and Survival Our early ancestors were not eating strawberries imported from another country during the...

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If Your Poo Could Talk

What Does Your Poo Say About You? The topic of bowel movements and bowel habits is one that is not talked about nearly enough. The first time I ask...

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Did You Know? Supplements Alone Won’t Do It

People walk into my practice all the time with grocery bags full of dietary supplements. As I discuss the rest of their lifestyle with them, I begin...