The Gut & Microbiome at the Fulcrum of Health
Thank you to Dr. Chris Damman for his excellent guest blog contribution! As a clinical gastroenterologist and research physician who studies the microbiome, I’m often...
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Build a Healthy Gut for a Longer Life
Posted by Lori Shemek; September 6, 2021
Guest Post by Robert Choat, PhD. I recall a statement made years ago, “We are what we eat.” This was interesting for me to hear, and it got me thinking regarding what...
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6 Ways to Keep Your Gut Healthy
Posted by Lori Shemek; November 1, 2018
The gut is a crucial part of your body which starts from your mouth. The entire process of eating food, processing and digesting it is considered a part of your gut’s...
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A Yogurt A Day Keeps The Doctor Away!
Posted by Lori Shemek; July 10, 2018
Consider this: Right now you are walking around with roughly 100 trillion live and diverse gut bacteria which equates to 3-5 lbs of these little critters and 1,000...
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Body’s Bacteria Outnumber Human Cells 10 to 1? Not So Fast…
Posted by Lori Shemek; March 29, 2016
Although you might like to think of yourself as an individual person, you actually share your body with trillions of bacteria. The bacteria in our body are critical to...
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What’s So Bad About Gluten?
Posted by Lori Shemek; December 17, 2013
Gluten has a rep…yes it does. Gluten has a reputation as a problematic type of protein found in some grains, including wheat. It is present in all forms of wheat...
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