Learn everything you need to know about gut microbiome and digestion, including what it is, how it works, and the benefits of a healthy gut.
Meet Your Microbiome: The Human Microbiome and How to Optimize It On and in the average human, there reside approximately 30 trillion microbial cells — about one for every human cell that composes the body. Put simply, that means that 50% of the cells that comprise your physical being — as a whole — are…
Benefits of Probiotics Including Improved Gut Health “Probiotics” has become quite the buzzword – with countless products and supplements proudly toting their probiotics as the very best. But what exactly are probiotics and why are they supposedly so beneficial for our health? And how on earth do you go about choosing the right probiotic when…
Gut Microbiome Health and the Gut-Immune System Connection: Part 2 Lower GI The diverse community of microbes in your digestive system is truly impressive. Not only does it aid digestion, but its actions go much deeper. The gut microbiome is an integral part of our health and wellbeing. It impacts all aspects of wellness, including…
Gut Microbiome Health and the Gut-Immune System Connection: Part 1 Upper GI The message is out: gut health is critical for wellness. Everywhere you look, you’ll see headlines about a new study about the microbiome. From cardiovascular disease to autoimmunity, our gut bugs are involved in all aspects of health. The relationship is complex, and…
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 tactics for reversing SIBO are ineffective – join us for this training and find out why!
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 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 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 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…
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 digestion relies on countless moving parts and chemical reactions. And one crucial compound we depend on for these chemical reactions and proper digestion is a class of molecules known as digestive enzymes.
