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A Robust Multi and Proper Immune Support Are a Home Run for Cold/Flu Season
Immune defense can be compared to a sport like baseball. You want to have all the bases covered with nutritional ...
The Perfect Diet
Most healthcare practitioners understand that a key component of the healing journey for patients to help them to resolve health ...
AHCC and Immunity: Evidence-Based Insights into Comprehensive Immune Support
From infection protection to disease prevention—how this shiitake mushroom extract offers comprehensive immune support for all your patients. For ...
Immune Resilience: A Science-Backed Protocol for Preventive Maintenance
As cold and flu season approaches, immune health is top of mind for most patients, But rather than reacting to ...
Immune Boot Camp: Immune Support for Back to School and Beyond
In the course of one year, the U.S. population contracts approximately 1 billion colds.1 Influenza accounts for 20-25 million doctor ...
Sunlight as a Non-Invasive Modulator of Ocular and Systemic Mitochondrial Function
The outer retina is abundant in mitochondria and is sensitive to the effects of aging. Studies have shown that exposure to long-wavelength light results in ...
The Endocannabinoid System, Epigenetics, and Resolving Common Health Disorders
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) and endocannabinoid deficiency is an often neglected aspect of improving patients’ health. I liken it to ...
Questioning LDL Targets
“Clinical guidelines have progressively lowered the recommended LDL-C target for high-risk CVD patients to below 70 mg/dL, but scientific support ...
Maintaining Mitochondria: Why it’s Crucial for Women’s Wellness
The link between mitochondrial fitness and women’s health—and how to craft a strategic, science-backed protocol to protect your patients across ...
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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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