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Your Patients Not Eating Enough Fruits and Veggies? A Robust Multi Is a Solution
look for a nutrient‑dense multivitamin-phytonutrient formula designed to support antioxidant defense, cellular energy production, cardiometabolic health, and visual-cognitive function across the lifespan. A multi with ...
Mycotoxin Biotransformation and Detox Support: 8 Evidence-Informed Supplements
A solid supplement protocol can optimize the body’s natural detoxification processes and expedite a patient’s recovery from mycotoxin illness. Since many patients with mycotoxin illness ...
Beyond Immunity: How Echinacea EP107 Targets Stress and Anxiety
Clinical research suggests Echinacea EP107 specifically targets psychic symptoms of anxiety—including worry, fear and insecurity—rather than somatic symptoms like muscle tension.
Exercise Outperforms Standard Care for Depression and Anxiety
A meta-meta-analysis was performed on randomized controlled trials examining exercise interventions for depression and anxiety symptoms in 79,551 participants. All population groups, including children and ...
Curcumin’s Role as a Broad-Spectrum Detox Agent
Curcumin appears to be a promising broad‑spectrum protective agent against diverse chemical and natural toxicants in preclinical models. It is generally well tolerated in humans, ...
Post-Menopausal Women and Musculoskeletal Degeneration: The Role of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) in Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, and Lyme Disease
Osteoporosis and osteoarthritis frequently coexist in post-menopausal women, and chronic inflammation from Lyme disease may worsen both. This article explores how dysregulated bone morphogenetic proteins ...
Galectin-3 and MCP: Brain Health, Cognitive Function and Beyond
Galectin-3 is emerging as a key biomarker and driver of inflammation, fibrosis and chronic disease. This review examines the clinical relevance of galectin-3 and the ...
What Science Now Reveals About Spike Protein Effects and Recovery
This guide explores the role of the spike protein in post-COVID and post-vaccination symptoms, including how it may affect inflammation, clotting, organ function, and recovery.
Study: Toxic Mold in Homes Impairs Children’s Brain and Nerve Function
Toxic molds can affect the nervous system in children who are chronically exposed. Common neurological symptoms are headaches, fatigue, sleep disturbance, confusion, mood swings, nosebleeds, ...
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Can Melatonin Treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)?
Melatonin is a sleep hormone that helps regulate the body’s circadian rhythm. Intestinal melatonin levels are 400 times higher than in systemic circulation, playing a major role in gut health. It has anxiolytic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and motility-regulating effects. Human studies have shown ...
Probiotic Metabolite May Help Treat IBS
Science is only beginning to understand the role that the gut microbiome—the collection of bacteria and other microbes that live in our intestines—plays in our overall health. For one thing, these tiny tenants of our digestive system metabolize various components of our ...
Does Fiber Make IBD Worse?
Eat more fiber — patients with irritable bowel disease (IBD) hear it all the time from well-meaning experts. But what if that advice is wrong, or even harmful? According to a new study in Gastroenterology, certain types of fiber can cause inflammation ...
Bacterial Histamine Linked to Abdominal Pain in IBS
Scientists from McMaster University and Queen’s University, both in Ontario, Canada, have identified a gut bacterial ‘super-producer’ of histamine that can trigger pain flare-ups in some irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients. The offender has been named Klebsiella aerogenes, the McMaster-Queen (MQ) strain, ...
Which Diet Is Best for IBS?
Three popular IBS diets went head-to-head in a recent British study from Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology — low-FODMAP (LFD), gluten-free (GFD), and traditional dietary advice (TDA). Researchers were surprised to discover that all three eating plans reduced symptoms by roughly 50% among ...
Leaky Gut and IBS: Is There a Connection?
Leaky gut syndrome might sound like something from a science fiction movie, but it’s a real condition that affects your digestive tract. Leaky gut is another term for intestinal permeability. It’s known to play a role in IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) symptoms ...
What to Eat When You Have IBS or Digestive Issues
We’ve all heard the expression, “You are what you eat.” A healthy diet is one of the pillars of good health. The right foods help every part of your body to work better. They can also make you feel better, and that ...
IBS and Dysbiosis: It’s Time to Tend Your Garden
Your gut is home to an estimated 100 trillion microorganisms. They include bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoans, amoebas, and their genetic information. Collectively this is known as your microbiome, a type of ecosystem — much like a rainforest with trillions of living creatures. ...
5 Effective Strategies for a Healthier Gut with IBS
Living with digestive challenges due to IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) can significantly impact your quality of life. Over-the-counter solutions like antacids, laxatives, and anti-diarrhea medicines may help relieve symptoms for a time, but they’re a temporary fix. They won’t address the root ...
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