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Diet and Post Holiday Depression
"When's the last time you ate a vegetable?" I asked at the dinner table last night. "Do chocolate covered potato chips count as a vegetable? Potatoes grow in the ground, right?" With each passing meal, the Christmas lights seem to glow a little dimmer, the children...
H. pylori, Evil Mastermind or Ally? Part 2
More and more people are contacting me with H. pylori overgrowth. Some just have symptoms of overgrowth; others have tested positive for the bacteria. One person I coached had multiple H. pylori tests done; they kept coming back negative. Even though this person had a...
Medications Harming Your Digestive Health – Imodium (Loperamide)
You ate Taco Bell for lunch, and your stomach is rumbling, you run for the nearest bathroom. You make it barely in time. You cannot have loose stools for the rest of the day, what will you do? You drive to the nearest gas station and pick up a pack of Imodium...
Why Supplementing With Probiotics May Make You Ill – Part 3: Mislabeling
Probiotics are supposed to improve digestive health, yet they sometimes make people ill - could probiotics cause them to develop overgrowth? Why do supplements hailed for improving digestive health make some people worse? Is it the shift in the microbiome that makes...
Can Poor Digestion Cause Panic Disorder? Part 1: CCK
Many of the chemicals on that list are neurotransmitters that are not at all surprising. There is currently plenty of exciting research going on trying to link the brain and gut together. This blog article will focus on CCK(cholecystokinin) and how it relates to our...
Campylobacter, A Cause of SIBO
Can one bout of food poisoning lead to SIBO? Cases of viral gastroenteritis have been linked to the development of SIBO, but what about food poisoning caused by bacterial toxins? Campylobacter Does this sound familiar? You just got over a bad case of food poisoning....
GOS: A Recommended Prebiotic to Improve Your Microbiome
GOS's are a form of prebiotics that have great benefit to people with digestive issues. What Are GOS's? Galacto-oligosaccharides are a chain of galactose (monosaccharide sugar) units that are produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of lactose. Like other prebiotics,...
Microorganisms Making You Ill? Try Activated Charcoal!
Herxheimer reactions. One of the banes of my existence as a health consultant. Can they be reduced from activated charcoal absorbing bacterial toxins? What is a herxheimer reaction? It is the bodies immune system's reaction to a heavy burden of toxins (mainly...
AO+ Mist – Skin Probiotic Review
Here at Fix Your Gut, we talk a lot about the gut microbiome, but what about the skin microbiome? We do just as much, if not more to manipulate the bacteria of our skin, and it may not be to our advantage. Our modern hygiene practices encourage the use of...
Why Sleep Hygiene Is Important for Digestive Health and How to Improve it
Many of the chemicals on that list are neurotransmitters that are not at all surprising. There is currently plenty of exciting research going on trying to link the brain and gut together. This blog article will focus on melatonin and how it relates to our digestion....
Strengthen Your LES (GERD) and Restore Digestive Enzyme Production
Strengthen that LES to Protect Against GERD! The lower esophageal sphincter (LES) is a sphincter that connects the top of the stomach with the bottom of the esophagus. The LES first relaxes to allow food to enter the stomach. The LES then closes tightly after food...
H. pylori, Evil Mastermind or Ally? Part 1
Here at Fix Your Gut we have discussed at length about H. pylori. There is a lot of ongoing research being done to determine H. pylori's coexistence with humans. Is it commensal, or severely opportunistic? Is it normal flora? Jason Hooper and I have both written about...