Esophageal Dysmotility
Esophageal Dysmotility, or ED for short, is a condition that causes dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, causing food to get stuck in your throat. The muscles in the esophagus don’t work well, making it difficult...
Living with Lactose Intolerance
You may be lactose intolerant. Have you drunk a café latte and had a gassy, bloated, cramped stomach afterward? Or maybe you experienced stomach pain after having your favorite cereal? If so, it might...
Curcumin And Piperine – The Perfect Combo
People have used turmeric, known as the Indian saffron or golden spice, for thousands of years as a spice and medicinal herb in India, Asia, and Middle Eastern countries. Turmeric alone can provide a...
A Closer Look at Acidophilus
By now, you have probably heard the term “probiotics,” but do you know what these are and how they work with your digestion for a healthy gut? Probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that...
Foods to Eat & Foods to Avoid When Taking Antibiotics
Antibiotics can save lives, relieve symptoms of bacterial infections, and help us recover faster. They destroy healthy and harmful bacteria in your gut while trying to eradicate bacteria in your body system. Antibiotics work...
Healthy Liver, Longer Life!
Have you ever wondered how food passes through your body? The human body ingests vital nutrients from the foods you consume, but it needs to filter out the waste by-products that can be toxic....
The Debate Over GMO
Technological advancements, recently developed technologies, and methods using other newly found scientific findings are a constant in producing many everyday items. But did you know that some of these scientific outcomes are used to...
Is Soy a Thyroid Nemesis
Food is essential for human survival as well as for recovery for some. And, for many people in the world, there is a wide array of foods to choose from, one of which is...
The Importance of Zinc
Zinc has been identified as a micronutrient vital to the human body in countless ways. The importance of zinc is abundantly distributed throughout the human body, but the body cannot produce or store it...
It’s Not Just Fish Oil – It’s Omega 3
History tells us that humans evolved by consuming a diet lower in saturated fat (fats from animal sources) and higher in omega-3 fatty acids than is finished today (Crawford, 1992). These omega-3 fatty acids...