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Does Your Child’s Gut Microbiome Affect Their Behavior?
The University of Ohio hosts a research team led by Dr. Lisa Christian with the purpose of investigating stress and health in pregnancy. Recently, the team studied 77 toddlers ranging from 18 – 27 months old.[1] The parents filled out a temperament survey, and stool...
Vitamin B-12 and Your Gut
Cobalamin (vitamin B-12) is a fascinating nutrient with unique properties unlike anything else discovered. It is named for the cobalt molecule that is central in its molecular structure and provides an inorganic component which supplies and receives electrons. It is...
How to Fix Hemorrhoids
Many people are suffering from the side effects of having chronic constipation and sitting while defecating, hemorrhoids might be the worst. I remember when I had an external hemorrhoid years ago. Severe pain when I sat, and itching so bad I felt like a bear who rubs...
Why I Rarely Recommend Iron Supplements for Anemia
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?
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?
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...
Junk Science: Can Your Water Bottle Make You Sick?
Several months ago, a treadmill review company published an article on their website with the intent of showing people that their water bottle could be potentially contaminated “and the act of quenching your thirst while you exercise could potentially make you sick.” ...
How Ingesting MCT Oil Could Be Making You Ill and How to Limit It
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...
Fix Your Gut Guide to Omega 3 Fatty Acids, Diet or Supplements?
A majority of Americans have more omega 6 fatty acids circulating their bloodstream than omega 3's, creating inflammation and health issues. A fatty acid is a chain of lipids bound to a carboxy backbone. The chain is either saturated or unsaturated because of the...
Gutzyme Restore and Gutzyme Assist: Two Prime Digestive Enzymes
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...
My Pet Mold: The Vicious Cycle of Mold Exposure and How to Heal
While I was watching Hoarders last night, I had a breakthrough. People on the show live in horrid conditions. They hoard useless stuff, and their houses are filthy. People on Hoarders choose to live in situations that continue to make themselves sick. Psychologists...
Does Serotonin Regulate Our Digestion and How to Keep it Balanced
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...