The holidays can be a wonderful time of quality conversations and laughs with family and friends. But, it can also be a time of having to constantly fight the urge to dig into the holiday treats. Or worse yet, avoiding those get-togethers entirely in order to keep away from the junk food. Read on for…
If you are someone who deals with chronic health problems on a daily basis, the holidays can be an especially troubling time. And so often our families scoff at the idea of a healthy Thanksgiving. Isn’t that when all the rules are supposed to go out the window? And really, between the planning, shopping, cooking…
Healing from SIBO requires a three-pronged approach: Reduce the amount of bacteria in the gut through herbal or very specific pharmaceutical antibiotics. Maintain the reduced level of unwanted bacteria through diet. Support the gut through pro-kinetics and specific probiotics. Today I’m going to focus on #2 because this is the area of most confusion…
There’s a lot of talk these days about the gut microbiome and ‘good bugs’ and ‘bad bugs’ kind of duking it out over who gets to rule your gut. While I agree that a healthy gut is key to avoiding many major diseases, I tend to think the good vs bad bacteria argument is…
Welcome to my first blog post! Here you will find a variety of information on dietary options, reviews of books on topics related to natural health, trails to explore in the Pacific Northwest, and a variety of potentially irrational musings. But, in the next few months, if you choose to follow this blog you will…