Guidelines to Keep Your GI Trace Healthy

All disease begins in the gut– Hippocrates Hippocrates said this more than 2,000 years ago, but we’re only now coming to understand just how right he was. Research over the past two decades has revealed that gut health is critical to overall health, and that an unhealthy gut contributes

Healthy digestion and nutrient absorption begins with the simple act of chewing your food. When you chew your food properly, your body releases digestive enzymes in the stomach that help to break down food so that your body can convert it into energy. When food isn’t digested properly, you

DBM COMMENTWhilst there are certain health conditions that could possibly benefit from either oral, topical or intravenous applications of Sodium Bicarbonate, it is NOT the practice of DBM Physicians to recommend that this solution be taken orally – not for cancer and certainly not for stomach “upsets”, unless in an

Mucoid plaque is a term used by many holistic doctors and researchers to describe the uniform rubbery layers of mucous and rotting food which compact themselves year after year along the entire length of the digestive tract. (Anderson).  Mucoid plaque is formed as the intestine keeps producing mucous as a

How What’s Going On In Your Gut Could Be Affecting Your Brain. Credit Photo source: Juulijs/Dollar Photo Club Most of us can relate to the experience of having butterflies in our stomach, or to a visceral gut-wrenching feeling, and how often are we told not to ignore our “gut-instinct”

Infographic Source: https://chfa.ca/en/education/natural_living/digestive-health/index.html There is growing evidence that increased intestinal permeability plays a pathogenic role in various autoimmune diseases including [celiac disease] and [type 1 diabetes]. Therefore, we hypothesize that besides genetic and environmental factors, loss of intestinal barrier function is necessary to develop autoimmunity. The phrase “leaky gut”

So How Can You Tell If the Gut Is at The Core of Their Symptoms? Do you have any of the following symptoms? The Table of Symptoms can all be signs that the gastrointestinal tract may not be functioning optimally and a gastrointestinal tract out of balance can be the

This is a very relevant question for those who are just embarking on this journey.  The length of time for the gut to heal and repair varies.  It is not as simple as the more damage one has the longer it takes to recover.  There are factors that control

Effective Natural Cures for Gut Candida Overgrowth A gut yeast infection is perhaps more common than most people would think. Candida, the genus of yeast that is responsible for infections, normally lives commensally in nearly every human’s gut microbiota. Research published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology [13.1 (1980): 45-56]

There are two closely related variables that determine our gut health: the intestinal microbiota, or “gut flora”, and the gut barrier. Let’s discuss each of them in turn. The gut flora: a healthy garden needs healthy soil Our gut is home to approximately 100,000,000,000,000 (100 trillion) microorganisms. That’s such a

Here Are Guidelines to Ensure Your Gastrointestinal Tract Keeps Functioning Optimally: Here are some links you can follow for more information:

Let’s talk propulsion for a minute. Normal elimination involves rhythmic contraction of the muscles in the colon wall, to push the waste outward – peristalsis.  It is normal to eliminate two or more times per day. Transit time: how much time between food in and waste out. Normal transit

The build-up in the intestines that are halting the normal transit time, is undigested food. Undigested means rotting: putrefying, fermenting, and going rancid. Proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, respectively. The colon walls are normally very well sealed in order to protect the body against reabsorbing the waste that is about