How to get healthy digestion and lose weight

We’ve all seen the commercials promoting how fiber will keep you “regular.” But fiber does so much more than that! Fiber is a type of carbohydrate, and it is unique in its composition because our bodies cannot digest it. Which means that it moves through our body without being broken down into sugar the way…

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Signs you need a cleanse

There are times when I feel like I want to give my body a break. This happens when I’ve over indulged in food (I love to eat it ), and wine.  Living in wine country will do that!  You’ve probably had this experience yourself at one time or another. The idea of a body refresh…

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Is My Poop Normal?

Yes, I’m serious! (And don’t you sometimes wonder anyway?) You already know that your poop can reflect your physical, and sometimes even emotional, health. You may get constipation or have diarrhea when you eat something that “doesn’t agree with you,” or when you’re super-nervous about something. And what about fiber and water? If you’re not…

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Can My Symptoms Actually Be A Food Intolerance?

Do you have symptoms that just don’t seem to go away? One of the trickiest things to figure out is whether a random symptom could be due to a food intolerance. That’s because symptoms can be delayed, or ongoing, and not even resemble a gastrointestinal symptom at all. In this post, I go over a…

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How to Improve Gut Health

Hippocrates said, “All disease begins in the gut.” And while this may not be 100% true for every disease in every person, more and more research shows that our gut (digestive system) has a bigger role in many diseases than we used to think. And we’re not just talking about heartburn, constipation, diarrhea, IBS, IBD,…

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Coffee-Should I or Shouldn’t I?

  If you want to know whether you should drink coffee or avoid it, today’s post is for you. Coffee affects different people differently. It has some health benefits, but there are people who should avoid it. Is this you? What should you consider before your next cuppa joe? Coffee is one of those things…

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