Our stomach is an amazing organ but it has an Achilles heel – it can develop a problem called a hiatal hernia. This occurs when the stomach slides up (or herniates) through the diaphragm and into the chest cavity. This puts the stomach in close contact with the heart, and the heart doesn’t like…
Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth, or SIBO, is a growing problem in our society. SIBO is a problem where too much bacteria is living in the small intestine. It can impact everything from your mood, your sleep, your energy, your methylation cycle, and of course your digestion. Living with SIBO is very difficult! Most doctors…
Have you ever heard that we eat first with our eyes? Its true! The sight of food activates a series of neurological reflexes and pathways that primes our system for digestion. However just looking at food is not enough to digest it; we actually need to get all those nutrients inside the body. Most…
Digestive problems are among the most common health problems in our society. Many people suffer daily from bloating, gas, pain, acid reflux, and abdominal discomfort. Many people are unable to find relief, even with powerful and dangerous medications. Its not what we eat but what we absorb that actually nourishes our bodies.
Stress in our lives creates stress in our guts. That is a known and predictable fact of science. What is less clear, and what is the focus of this investigation, is to uncover just how those effects of stress show up in other parts of our bodies. I would like to remind you that…
This is a video series dedicated to answering two very important questions. The first question is “How does our gut health influence the health of the rest of the body?“. The second question is “Why do supplements, esp. methylation nutrients, make my symptoms WORSE?” These are questions which come up again and again in…