by John Brisson | Jul 27, 2015 | Digestive Health, Probiotics, SIBO
Probiotics are supposed to improve digestive health, yet they sometimes make people ill – especially if they have SIBO. Why do supplements touted for improving digestive health make some people worse? Is it microbial die-off in people with SIBO? If they continue...
by John Brisson | Jul 20, 2015 | Awareness and Advocacy, Medications, News and Studies, Opinion
The American Heart Association recently published new guidelines that will encourage doctors to prescribe statins to 30 percent of adults in the United States. This recommendation doubles the amount of adults from the previous guidelines. Is this needed, or is this...
by John Brisson | Jun 26, 2015 | Vitamin C
Everyone wants their vitamin C supplement to be as natural as possible and include bioflavonoids! Bioflavonoids… Bioflavonoids… Kind of rolls off the tongue. Nevertheless, what are bioflavonoids? Does it matter when it comes to the ingestion of synthetic to food...
by John Brisson | Jun 16, 2015 | Digestive Health, Parasites
Schizophrenia might be caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. I wrote about Toxoplasma gondii years ago in Fix Your Gut. “Piperidine is used in both the treatment of parasites and worms in animals and the treatment of schizophrenia, in humans. Researchers...
by John Brisson | Jun 12, 2015 | Awareness and Advocacy, Digestive Health, Medications, News and Studies
I wrote an article awhile back on how long-term PPI use can harm your health. In the article, I mentioned that PPI’s are known to cause heart arrhythmia. A new study has been released from the Stanford University of Medicine that PPI use is linked to heart...
