Blog — gut health

  GOING UNDER THE KNIFE “We’re going to have to operate.” They’re 6 words that no-one ever wants to hear. No accountant, no musician, no dancer, no athlete, no teacher, no stay at home Mum… No-one. Because instantly, when we’re confronted with those words, our state of mind alters. A thousand questions power through our brains. Will I live? Die? Be better? Worse? Will it affect my way of life? No matter the nature of the surgery – it’s never an easy moment. One question that the surgeons always focus on, but we, remarkably, tend to avoid, is, ‘is your...

Written by Norbert Sporns  The gut is the gateway to health. If your gut is healthy, chances are that you're in good health. However, there's a condition called leaky gut that can lead to a host of health problems. "Leaky gut syndrome" is said to have symptoms including bloating, gas, cramps, food sensitivities, and aches and pains. But it's something of a medical mystery. From an MD’s standpoint, it’s a very gray area,” says gastroenterologist Donald Kirby, MD, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the Cleveland Clinic. “Physicians don’t know enough about the gut, which is our biggest...

Written by Dr Kellyann Petrucci As a naturopathic physician, I love helping sick people get healthy. But you know what I love even more? Helping healthy people stay healthy! That’s why I want to talk today about protecting one of the most important glands in your body: your thyroid gland. Your thyroid plays a crucial role in the function of virtually every organ in your body—so when it’s sick, every cell in your body feels the pain. To paraphrase an old saying, “When your thyroid ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” Your head-to-toe misery can include weight gain, fatigue, depression, hair loss,...

Written by Sally Fallon Morell I learned a very interesting fact recently, one that can give us guidance on how to overcome the modern phenomenon of chronic fatigue: about 70 percent (!) of the body’s energy goes toward digesting our food. So the obvious first step in treating a condition of constant tiredness would be to consume food that is easy to digest. The fact is that modern food processing makes our food more difficult to digest, and many modern food habits put a real burden on our poor old guts. With so much of your body’s energy going towards...