Digestive Disorders

When the word cleansing or detox comes to mind, what do you think of? Adopting a specific detox diet, or liquid cleanse, or enema perhaps? While there are some key steps you can take to cleanse your body, our body also has the innate ability to clean bad cells and toxins out through a recycling process of autophagy in order to...

Even though intermittent fasting, also known as time restricted feeding, may seem like a relatively new term since it has become a popular trend over the years, the intermittent eating pattern has actually been around for centuries, and even plays a role in certain religions. Contrary to what some may believe, this type of fasting isn’t necessarily a diet. It’s...

The first thought that normally comes to mind when you eat a spinach salad or drink a green smoothie is that you’re going to eat something truly healthy that will provide your body with some powerful nutrients to thrive off of. Well, for some, that can be the case. Yet for many others who have a hard time processing the...

Is saturated fat good or bad for you? The type of fat you eat and how much depends on five important factors -- and your unique body.

When you eat too much, eat when you feel stressed, or eat when food is poorly combined, the food sits in the small intestine and putrefies. Bacteria and yeast feed on stagnant food and release gas in the process.

Giving your gut more attention and replenishing it with beneficial bacteria can relieve symptoms of gut discomfort. It could even stop serious health problems before they start.

You can think of kefir as a rich microbial soup. It contains both bacteria and yeast. While the word “yeast” may scare people, beneficial yeast can be just as valuable as beneficial bacteria in healing the inner ecosystem.

The healthy bacteria found in a newborn baby’s gut help to strengthen digestion and boost immunity. As we grow older, a special strain of protective bacteria declines, making a daily probiotic all the more important.