by Melanie Rathbun | Mar 3, 2023 | Blog, Gut Health
A properly functioning digestive system is critical to good health. In fact, problems with the gastrointestinal (GI) tract can cause more than just stomach aches, gas and bloating or diarrhea. GI issues may underlie chronic health problems that seem unrelated to...
by Melanie Rathbun | Dec 9, 2020 | Blog, Gut Health, Stress
“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it” – Sydney J. Harris In today’s society, everyone suffers under the pressures of stress, you’re not alone. There are many types of varying intensities of stress. Whether it is obvious stressors such as your job,...
by Melanie Rathbun | Jun 17, 2019 | Blog, Gut Health
Your body is designed to digest the food you eat. It creates hydrochloric acid along with various enzymes for just that purpose. So why might you consider taking them as a supplement? Well if you seem to get gas no matter you eat, you often suffer from heartburn or...
by Melanie Rathbun | Apr 20, 2017 | Blog, Gut Health
By now, almost everyone has heard of probiotics, the active cultures in a range of dairy products such as yogurt, some cheeses and kefir, and in fermented foods such as miso, kimchi, and sauerkraut. Most of these are tasty additions to our diet that can also help...
by Melanie Rathbun | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog, Gut Health
If you’ve done much research on gut health, you already know that antibiotics, even when prescribed and used correctly, can really do a number on your digestive health. While they’re killing off the pathogens they were meant to eliminate, antibiotics also...
by Melanie Rathbun | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog, Gut Health, Nutrition
GMOs (genetically modified organisms) have genes from another species transplanted into their DNA. This is done to increase production or yield or add some other previously nonexistent quality to the organism. These experimental organisms have so far been mostly...
