Digestion

Digestive Upset? Identifying signs of SIBO

Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is just one condition that may cause your digestive system to get out of balance. If your practitioner has diagnosed you with SIBO, it means there is an overgrowth and/or alteration in the type of bacteria in your small intestine.1 Bacteria are normally found in higher numbers in the large intestine, but in SIBO they find themselves in high numbers in the small intestine where they ferment the available food, producing gas (hydrogen, methane and/or…

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Inflammation, the Immune System, and Biofilm

This cycle requires a host with an immune system. The immune system guarantees that there will be a cycle of tissue destruction and repair. These parasitic pathogens survive by causing that inflammatory cycle. They start the inflammatory cycle by first destroying tissue. Once the tissue is injured it activates the immune system to come in to repair the damage. When the immune system (white blood cells) come in for repair the injured tissue the Borrellia  bacteria can then enter the…

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Are you drinking medicinal mushroom teas? Here’s what you’re missing out on.

Health benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms This is one batch of homemade mushroom tea. Does the thought of drinking a mushroom tea scare you off?  Maybe you don’t know about thee mushroom teas and there’s some fear of the unknown.  Well, don’t be scared.  You are missing out on a powerhouse of a healing product that can give your immune system a boost sip by sip.  It can really help during the winter sickness months because it’s antiviral, antibacterial, and speeds…

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Why Am I So Tired All the Time? – DONE NOT PUBLISHED

  Why Am I So Tired All the Time? More importantly, what am I going to do about it?   It seems people are increasingly becoming more tired. My patients ask my advice regarding supplements to take for increasing their energy. Unfortunately, there’s not one easy answer. Not one that’s healthy, anyway. I believe that what they’re asking for is that they want to increase the energy output of their body. When they hit their gas pedal, they want their…

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Enzymes & Probiotics

We use enzymes because they contribute power and energy for the body to use to heal with. They make the reactions happen. When systemic enzymes are taken between meals they begin cleansing toxins out of the blood. They clear out fibrin and reduce stickiness between the blood cells. These two actions alone minimize the leading causes of stroke and heart attack causing blood clots. Systemic enzyme therapy has been associated to reduce the pain and inflammation associated with musculoskeletal injury.…

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Zucchini Noodles – “Zoodles” in 3 easy steps!

“Zoodles”     Zucchini Noodles To spiralize a zucchini means you run it through the spiralizer.  This takes out the middle of the zucchini where the seeds are.  It also cuts it into small strings like noodles.  This zucchini noodle is a replacement for pasta, which has gluten. The zucchini noodles are a base for a lot of the foods we will eat.  It’s a source of fiber.  You will initially make a big batch of it, store it in…

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Health Warnings in Fingernails

You can tell way more about a person than you realize just by looking at their nails.  I’m going to show how to evaluate a person, OR YOURSELF, or your family members by looking at their nails.  I am warning you right now – This below is the last good looking nail you will see. The fingernails after this one have issues.  Continue at your own peril. This is what a healthy nail looks like      Why, what nice…

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How Does Biofilm Explain the Flare-Up and Remission Cycle?

The Cycle of Flare-Ups and Remissions: What Biofilm Does The ability to produce biofilm for protection is an amazing survival technique that bacteria have evolved over millions of years. It is a highly effective protective mechanism which allows bacteria to survive the harshest environments. Biofilm is a like a ball of slime that protects the parasitic bacterial infection at the core. Biofilm encases bacteria, and it can sometimes make them up to 10,000× more resistant to antibiotics.   Read that…

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Candida Yeast Infections and the Gut

Yeast / Candida       Candida Albicans is the most common type of yeast found in our bodies. It is naturally occurring and we need it. It is found in our mouth, intestines, vagina, and other mucous membranes. Yeast aids in the absorption of nutrients and digestions.   They provide protection against pathogenic bacteria and toxic compounds.  Good healthy bacteria live in balance with candida and a properly functioning immune system is essential to keep it in check. When…

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Fibromyalgia and The Gut. If the gut ain’t happy then ain’t nothin’ happy!

Fibromyalgia is not a joke.  It is not for the faint of heart. Fibromyalgia hurts. Everything hurts. Everything is inflamed. The back, the body, the brain, the guts, and the spirit. It’s all under attack. When you have fibromyalgia you are literally being attacked from within. Many people with fibromyalgia will tell you “they feel like all of their bones and joints are under attack”. This, unfortunately, is the fibromyalgia life What I’m about to discuss is not a new…

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