Leaky Gut Education — Category_Healthy Living

New Link Uncovered With both kinds of diabetes increasing worldwide, and the US leading all other developed nations in prevalence by a long shot (30 million US of 46 million total cases worldwide), some understanding of the mechanism that creates this disease is a welcomed discovery!  Over the last 10 years, research into diabetes has found a link with intestinal permeability and gut bacteria. It turns out that the microflora in your digestive tract may play a big role in the development of diabetes. Healthy gut bacteria can nurture the lining of your digestive tract, while harmful bacteria can cause...

SUGAR CRAVING GOT YOU ON EDGE? According to the American Heart Association, the average American consumes approximately 16 teaspoons more added sugar than is recommended per day. Sugar craving has a root cause, and it's not a personality flaw! Sugar stimulates the brain to release serotonin, the “feel good” chemical, which provides a natural high. The endorphins released after eating sugar calm and relax us, leaving us wanting more. Eliminating a sugar addiction can be difficult if you don't know where the addiction's coming from. But following these steps can greatly reduce cravings and make it easier to kick the...

New Diet Therapy puts Crohn's Disease in Remission How Crazy Cool is this? Clinicians at Seattle Children’s Hospital report they've brought pediatric patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (UC) into remission using diet alone. Of this first time advance, lead researcher and gastroenterologist David Suskind, MD, asserts, “This changes the paradigm for how we may choose to treat children with inflammatory bowel disease.” Dr. Suskind and his associates used a specific carbohydrate diet (SCD) to treat a small cohort of patients with Crohn’s or UC for 12 weeks. SCD includes vegetables, fruits, meats, and nuts, and excludes grains, dairy,...

8 Helpful Hints to Eliminate Kidney Stones Today we're serving up 8 helpful hints to eliminate kidney stones from your life. It's mind blowing info you'll definitely want to know. They call them “kidney stones”, but imagine instead trying to digest a miniature chainsaw, switched on…everyday…for a couple of weeks. If you’ve ever passed a stone or cared for someone who did, it’s an experience you NEVER want to repeat. And yet, the numbers say once you’ve had one, there could be a whole lot more where that came from. Which is why the information in this post may be...