The Science Behind MegaSporeBiotic Spore-Based Probiotics
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The Science Behind Bacillus Spore-Based Probiotics
The Science Behind Bacillus Spore-Based Probiotics Most of us are at least peripherally aware of the benefits of probiotics. But the probiotic puzzle can be a little tricky to piece together with so much conflicting information and every brand and probiotic strain claiming to be the “best”. But as they say, the proof is in…
How to Increase Good Bacteria In Gut Naturally and Improve Microbiome Diversity
How to Increase Good Bacteria In Gut Naturally and Improve Microbiome Diversity In today’s culture, many people have become self-proclaimed “germaphobes” – going to great lengths to disinfect, clean, and eradicate any potential microbes. And while hygiene and disinfectants certainly have their time and their place, fewer microbes are not always better. In fact, when…
Endotoxemia, Leaky Gut, and Lipopolysaccharides
Endotoxemia, Leaky Gut, and Lipopolysaccharides Your gut has a rather tricky job. It’s responsible for both absorbing essential nutrients from the food you eat while simultaneously shielding you from the harmful compounds that make their way into your body alongside that food. To perform this delicate job, your gut has a complex and highly efficient…
Probiotics and Triglycerides Randomized Double-Blind Study
Probiotics and Triglycerides Randomized Double-Blind Study At first glance, your heart health, metabolic health, and gut health might seem pretty unrelated. After all, modern medicine has compartmentalized our bodies – making it easy for us to separate our bodies into systems. Our digestive system, our cardiovascular system, and so on and so forth. But the…
Signs and Symptoms of Mold Illness
Signs & Symptoms of Mold Illness It seems like everyone I talk to these days is concerned about mold. They’re concerned about having it in their house, in their bodies, in their workplace, and they think it’s making them sick. I mean, I am a mold inspector; so, I guess I should have seen that…
How to Find Mold in Your Home
‘If you go looking for mold in a house, you’ll find it’. This statement was relayed to me by a client who was looking at buying a home with obvious water damage. It was the home inspector that told her this. What he was really saying was this: “all buildings experience water damage, it’s normal,…
Digestive Issues and Benefits of Digestive Enzymes
We’ve all heard the phrase, “you are what you eat”. But a more accurate statement would be “you are what you digest”. While at first glance, digestion might seem like a simple process, it’s a little more complicated than simply eating food, absorbing nutrients, and ultimately eliminating it when we go to the bathroom. Our…
The Science Behind MegaSporeBiotic Spore-Based Probiotics
Take a stroll down the aisle of a supplement store or do a quick online search in an attempt to figure out which probiotic supplement to buy, chances are you’ll be bombarded with dozens of different products – all claiming to have incredible health-boosting benefits. But how do you sift through all of these products…
The Unexpected House Guest – Toxic Mold Exposure Effects & Symptoms
As a building biologist I test people’s homes for numerous things that may be contributing to health: air quality, water quality, electric fields, magnetic fields, radio frequency, dirty electricity, light and sound quality, radon, combustible gasses, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, chemicals, and VOC’s, etc. But nothing, and I mean nothing, instills fear in my clients…
[Webinar Replay] Ask the Microbiologist: Live Q&A with Kiran Krishnan
The most requested topic for a Deep Dive webinar w/ Kiran… Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is an often misunderstood condition impacting millions of people today. On this webinar, we will be exploring signs & symptoms of SIBO, root causes, myths, and effective approaches for finding relief. Even within the functional medicine world, most common…
[Webinar Replay] Professional Training Best Practices with Healthy Gut Products
We are joined by gut health expert, Steve Wright, to cover best practices for the Health Gut Co. products – a professional quality gut and digestion support line. This webinar is useful for any health practitioners and anyone looking to learn best practices for their own use. This webinar will cover formulas, product function, efficacy,…
[Webinar Replay] Deep Dive Training: SIBO – Symptoms, Root Causes, & Effective Strategies
The most requested topic for a Deep Dive webinar w/ Kiran… Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is an often misunderstood condition impacting millions of people today. On this webinar, we will be exploring signs & symptoms of SIBO, root causes, myths, and effective approaches for finding relief. Even within the functional medicine world, most common…
[Webinar Replay] Deep Dive Training: The Gut, Microbiome, & Immunity Connection With Kiran Krishnan
Our favorite microbiologist is BACK with another high-level professional presentation to share with you! This time we take a deep dive into the infinite connections between gut health, microbiome diversity, and immune function. From optimizing resilience during the winter months to balancing and calming an overactive immune system (autoimmune, anyone?) – the health of our…
[Product Spotlight] Somnium: Deep Restorative Sleep
Sleep is required to maintain your immune system, regulate appetite and metabolism, and support cardiovascular health. Also, with Dr. Schaffner’s patients, it can be a “Catch-22” because sleep is needed to heal, but they can’t sleep because of their chronic illness. Fortunately, there have been recent advancements to support restorative deep sleep…
[Webinar Replay] Stomach Acid: The Key to Less Bloating, Constipation, and Heartburn
Learn the truth about stomach acid, it’s role in optimal digestion, how many people are deficient, how it protects us from pathogens, and much more!! During this training, you will learn: How (and why) low stomach acid production is implicated in IBS, SIBO, H. Pylori Overgrowth, how adequate levels of stomach acid are essential to…