As research continues to reveal more and more about the broad and intimate connections between gut health and other aspects of our health, such as the connections to the immune system, mood, and cognition, estrogen’s no exception! Estrogen has been shown to influence the gut microbiota (microbiome) and the reverse is also true, the gut microbiota …
With this kind of title you are hoping that I am going to tell you about the holy grail of weight loss. Take this supplement, eat this type of diet, exercise in this way, meditate, sleep well, get the right type of bacteria in your gut, stress less or optimize your thyroid function. …
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There is a lot of hype around the ketogenic diet lately, which brings about a lot of questions as to whether or not this is the next weight loss fad or even safe to try. What is the Ketogenic Diet? If you don’t know much about the ketogenic diet, it is one that …
If you have read any of my earlier blogs, you will know that I am a huge promoter of trying to dig to the deeper level of thyroid imbalances. While TSH is the main hormone that is tested, it doesn’t always explain the whole picture. Many times thyroid health depends on a complex interplay between …
What better topic for Heart Health and Valentine’s Day month than to talk about the love affair between chocolate and your heart. Observational and interventional studies have demonstrated that the flavonols in chocolate yield cardiometabolic benefits. A recent study published in 2017 by Lee et al demonstrated the individual and combined benefits on …