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Coronavirus, What Is It, Symptoms, Prevention, and Hopefully Relief!
Tragically, as everyone is well aware, there is supposedly a viral pandemic sweeping the Earth. The 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) is novel, meaning it is different from any Coronavirus strain that we know of that has caused infections before. Other serious novel...
Optimizing Your Health for Truck Driving
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, truck driving is the most common job in the United States. Truck drivers play an extremely important role in our supply chain, but driving for ten hours a day, and not having a kitchen can lead to some poor health outcomes...
Medications Harming Your Digestive Health – Miralax
The Center for Disease Control reports that, on average, a doctor will see fifty patients each day. Each patient will average eight minutes with their doctor, and eighty-eight percent of patients that visit their doctor are prescribed medications.[1....
Better Habits for Minimizing Your Risk of Having Heartburn
Many people frequently reach out to me and ask what can be done to relieve their heartburn. Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a condition in which mucosal damage is done to the esophagus from chronic stomach acid, pepsin, bile, or endotoxins trapped between the...
Smidge (GutPro): A Recommended Probiotic, Information, and Review
I recommend few probiotic supplements for people to use to help fix their gut, and Smidge is one that I recommend. For example, I am one of the few dissenting opinions regarding recommending HSO “probiotic” supplements. I do not recommend HSO "probiotic" supplements...
C-Sections and Their Effect on Infant Gut Health
Cesarean section, performed when medically necessary, is an essential surgery for both mother and baby survival. For 2018, 32% of all infant deliveries were by C-section in the United States of America. C-section deliveries have many risks involved and are an...
Foods that Might be Harming Your Health: Spinach – Part 2
For the new year, many people consume more greens, including spinach, trying to be healthy. Spinach is a “healthy” source of greens that people frequently add to their smoothie for its perceived health benefits. I love creamed spinach myself. In the past, I often...
The Vicious Cycle of Poor Gut Health and Stress
Are you stressed out because of your gut health, or is your gut health causing your stress? For gut health coaches, this is our version of the chicken or the egg dilemma. How does this cycle begin, and more importantly, how do we end it? Stress can lead to poor food...
Why Antacids Like TumsTM May Worsen Your Health Over Time
According to the American College of Gastroenterology[1.https://gi.org/topics/acid-reflux/], sixty million Americans experience heartburn at least once a month, and fifteen million Americans experience heartburn every single day. That’s a lot of people! When looking...
Optimal Health Blueprint
The standard American diet lacks many nutrients that we need for optimal health. Though we have access to a wide variety of foods in our grocery store that are nutrient-dense, many choose fast food convenience in our fast-paced modern world. Many Americans eat...
Five Reasons to Lower Your Dose of Vitamin C
Vitamin C is a superior micronutrient and an excellent antioxidant. It can donate one of its electrons to neutralize a free radical, and some say that going without it could be lethal. But what happens when you take too much of it? New evidence is emerging that may...
Foods that Might be Harming Your Health – Chocolate – Part 1
Diet is very subjective, and how people react to the food that we eat is determined by many factors. Genetics, epigenetics, environment, gastrointestinal system functionality, immune system health, and your microbiome all influence how reactive you are to the food...