National Stress Awareness Month: 7 Lifestyle Stategties to Manage Stress & Support Gut and Metabolic Health
April marks National Stress Awareness Month, a time to shine a spotlight on the silent disruptor impacting millions: stress. In our go-go-go society, stress is often seen as a badge of honor—a sign of productivity or hustle. But behind the scenes, stress is doing far more than making us feel frazzled. It's influencing our gut health, metabolic health, immune system, energy levels, and even how our body stores fat, putting us at greater risk of illness.
Let’s talk about how chronic stress affects our gut-brain axis and what you can do to support your well-being—body, mind, and gut.
30 Plant Foods a Week: How to improve gut health with diet
The idea of consuming 30 different plant foods a week comes from the American Gut Project, which found that people who eat a variety of plant foods have a more diverse and healthier gut microbiome. This diversity can be achieved by incorporating a mix of vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, and herbs into your diet.
The good news is that even if we aren’t eating these foods, we have the ability to change our gut’s microbiome! Gut microbiota rapidly adapted in response to changes in a diet within five days of the new diet- how cool is that? The importance of dietary fiber for a healthy microbiome cannot be overstated!
Assessing the Low FODMAP Diet: Is This Approach Right for Me?
Explore the Low FODMAP diet for IBS relief. Learn about FODMAPs, benefits, risks, and who should consider this dietary approach. If you are frustrated and unsure how to get relief from IBS and if a LowFODMAP diet is right for you, read on!
Popping Tums Like Candy? Think again.
Digestion is a complex process that involves the breakdown of food into smaller, absorbable molecules. One crucial component of this process is hydrochloric acid (HCl) - stomach acid essential for keeping the stomach at an optimal pH. When we hear stomach acid we may cringe or think of the time we overdid it with hot wings and beers and woke up with a burning sensation, but proper acid levels in the stomach are actually really important!
The Digestion Domino Effect
Understanding the Impact of Medications, Stress, Medical Conditions, and our Environment on the Digestive Process.
You are what you ABSORB.
Most of us have heard the saying, “you are what you eat”. But for many of us, what we eat, even if it’s considered the “right” things, doesn’t make us feel all that great.