About Constipation If you have constipation, you are not alone. 4 million people in the United States have frequent constipation. Constipation causes slower than normal movement of food waste through the digestive tract. It is clinically defined as difficulty in emptying the bowels. This is typically accompanied with hardened feces. If you produce less than [...]

Probiotics are beneficial, live microorganisms found in the human gut. Probiotics are actually bacteria. Bacteria usually is associated with germs. However, probiotic bacteria is beneficial, helping the body function properly. Probiotics are organisms that help to boost the amount of helpful, good, beneficial bacteria in our guts. Nestled in our guts are trillions of live [...]

Candida Everybody lives with bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microorganisms within their bodies. These microbes live in the throat, mouth, nose, intestinal tract, and other mucus membranes. Candida is one of these microorganisms whose job is to decompose or eat up putrefied food matter in the digestive tract that is left behind due [...]

Digestive Health-SIBO There is less bacteria in small bowel (less than 10,000 bacteria per milliliter of fluid) compared to large bowel (at least 1,000,000,000 bacteria per milliliter of fluid). Functions of these small bowel bacteria: These beneficial microorganisms help protect against bad (i.e. pathogenic) bacteria and yeast that are ingested. [...]

Bone Broth Preparation and Usage Bone broth is a rich source of nutrients.  It contains protein, cartilage, and minerals and calcium.  It’s easy for our body to digest, tastes delicious and fills a home with an aroma of goodness while cooking. Bone broth is inherently calming, consoling, and restorative to [...]

The Importance of Bowel Flora Bowel flora are important for good health. You have between four and seven pounds of bacteria in your bowel. There are more bacterial cells there than there are in your entire body. They belong there. Beneficial bacteria do the following: Produce vitamins like folic acid [...]

What is GAPS Diet? A Very Brief History The Gut and Psychology Syndrome Diet has its foundation on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) created by Dr. Sidney Valentine Haas to heal digestive disorders.  SCD gained great popularity after a mother, Elaine Gottschall, healed her own child and became an advocate for SCD.  Elaine Gottschall is [...]