Category Archives: Gut Health
How Stress Makes You Fat & Sick (and what to do about it)
Most of us recognize that excess stress is bad for our health and body composition, but not many of us understand why. Because if we did, we’d probably start paying a little more attention to the techniques for reducing it – instead of treating it like hippy mumbo-jumbo or a curfew from Mom and Dad,…
Apple Cider Vinegar Each Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Vinegar is to digestion, as fermented foods are to gut flora. The ‘real food’ supplement that came well before pills and capsules. Initially, vinegar was used as a food preservative, until it’s long-list of medicinal benefits were discovered. With some cultures (like the Chinese) using it as a sanitizer over 1000 years ago, and others…
Live It NOT Diet FAQs – Bad Breath
If you’re in Phase 1 of Live It NOT Diet!, you’re going to notice a change in your breath (or perhaps someone else will) when you enter ketosis. Some notice it more than others, but the ‘keto breath’ is pretty distinct in that it smells a little bit like paint thinner. You might still notice…
Fermented Foods – The Better (& Cheaper) Probiotic
A variety of fermented (or cultured) foods are consumed across the globe as a dietary staple. Not only because they’re an excellent way to increase the shelf-life of certain foods, but because they have tremendous health benefits. Improving digestion (1, 2, 3, 4) and elimination (1, 2, 3) Enhancing immune function (1, 2, 3) Increasing…
Beyond Live It NOT Diet! – The Wheat-Free Feast
Although celiac disease was identified over 2000 years ago, we’ve only understood it as gluten intolerance since the 1950’s. Now, some 60+ years later, it’s becoming clear that it’s not just gluten….and it’s not just a concern for those with a wheat-allergy! Those with celiac disease can actually react to any of the wheat proteins…
Live It NOT Diet! FAQs – Bloated After Meals
Feeling bloated after meals usually means you’re having trouble digesting the foods you’re eating. As your body is struggling to breakdown and access the nutrients from the large bolus of food sitting in your gut. In most cases, this stems from low stomach acid (hypochlorhydria) and/or an inadequate secretion of digestive enzymes. A diagnosis that…
Beyond Live It NOT Diet! – Repair Your Gut
It’s common to overlook the health of our gut, even though it contains 10 times more health-determining bacteria than the rest of our body. Protecting us from infection, supporting our metabolism, and promoting healthy digestion and elimination. There are over 100 trillion organisms in the gut, that make up ¾ of our immune system. Unfortunately, the…
Beyond Live It NOT Diet! – Test Your Digestion (The HCL Test)
Poor digestion has become extremely common, and it’s usually because of an underactive stomach (low acid secretion) and undersecreting organs (pancreas, gall bladder, etc). How this happens is debatable, but most research points to chronic gut damage; which is the product of poor food choices (high grain, low meat), excess stress, and over-medicating (antibiotics, antacids,…