Why I Rarely Recommend Iron Supplements for Anemia

by John Brisson | Dec 3, 2017 | Digestive Health, Hypermineralosis, Minerals

Proper iron metabolism is essential for mitochondrial function and your health as a whole. Iron is one of the most abundant minerals in our human body, most of it is bounded to iron regulating proteins (ferritin, hepcidin, ceruloplasmin, hemosiderin, and transferrin)...

Can Your Gut Health Affect Blood Pressure?

by Jason Hooper | Nov 29, 2017 | Digestive Health, News and Studies, SIBO

The American College of Cardiology has released new guidelines for defining hypertension or high blood pressure.  There are news sources like CNN[1] and the Wall Street Journal[2] that are claiming that the affected American population that will now be defined as...

What Exactly Are Systemic Enzymes and How Do They Affect Your Gut?

by Jason Hooper | Nov 17, 2017 | Digestive Enzymes, Supplement Recommendations

Systemic enzymes are a marketing term used to describe a category of supplemental health products.  The peer-reviewed, scientific literature make very little reference to “systemic enzymes” (most likely because the name is misleading).  Advertisers tell us that...

How Ingesting MCT Oil Could Be Making You Ill and How to Limit It

by John Brisson | Oct 30, 2017 | Digestive Health, Supplement Recommendations

Issues Ingesting Coconut Oil, MCT Oil, Brain Octane Oil? Here Is Why and How to Change It. Many people enjoy the use of refined MCT (medium chain triglycerides) oils for cooking, adding it to their coffee, or supplementing with it as a source of MCT’s. MCT oil...

Gutzyme Restore and Gutzyme Assist: Two Prime Digestive Enzymes

by John Brisson | Jul 21, 2017 | Digestive Enzymes, Digestive Health, Supplement Recommendations

Corganic offers two digestive enzymes that can be used in different circumstances to improve your digestive health. Gutzyme Restore is to help people with upper gut overgrowth digest their food better. Gutzyme Assist is to help different people with more broad...

Does Serotonin Regulate Our Digestion and How to Keep it Balanced

by John Brisson | May 19, 2017 | Digestive Health, Hormones/Neurotransmitters

When you think of serotonin, you imagine mood, happiness, depression, and antidepressants. Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft, and Celexa to name a few. Some people would argue that the United States truly is a Prozac nation. We sure do love our antidepressants; the amount of...