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Bring on my favourite season! Ready for some warmer weather and sunshine! How about you??
03/20/2023

Bring on my favourite season! Ready for some warmer weather and sunshine! How about you??

Avoid Sugars: If you have a sweet tooth, it’s probably because you have some sugar-loving yeast and bacteria living in y...
03/10/2023

Avoid Sugars: If you have a sweet tooth, it’s probably because you have some sugar-loving yeast and bacteria living in your microbiome. Try to limit or avoid all types of sweeteners. Even some low-glycemic sweeteners will feed your sugar-loving flora. So, no sugar, honey, maple syrup, coconut sugar, xylitol. Even fruit juice is low in fiber high on sugar, so grab a piece of fresh fruit instead.

2. Feed your Microbiome. These foods are often referred to as “Prebiotic Foods”. A healthy microbiome needs a diet of fi...
03/09/2023

2. Feed your Microbiome. These foods are often referred to as “Prebiotic Foods”. A healthy microbiome needs a diet of fiber and resistant starches. Prebiotics are a type of fibre which the human body cannot digest but acts as food for the beneficial bacteria in your gut. This helps to increase the number of good bacteria in your digestive system. Prebiotics can be found in fresh fruits and vegetables, such as onions, leeks, asparagus, bananas and whole grains such as oats. They are also found in nuts, lentils and beans. When cooking those foods, the fibre content can change, so it is often best to consume such food raw to get the most out of them.

Eat Something Probiotic Every Day: Probiotics are live bacteria, found in certain supplements and foods, that provide he...
03/08/2023

Eat Something Probiotic Every Day: Probiotics are live bacteria, found in certain supplements and foods, that provide health benefits to your gut. They aid digestion and support an environment where microorganisms can flourish. A process called fermentation creates that live bacteria. They appear in foods such as sauerkraut, kimchi, yogurt, kefir, pickles, miso, tempeh, etc.

If you suspect your microbiome is unhealthy, there are many foods you can eat to support the growth of healthy bacteria....
03/07/2023

If you suspect your microbiome is unhealthy, there are many foods you can eat to support the growth of healthy bacteria. A simple microbiome diet doesn’t have to replace your current diet. A microbiome diet is a way of making sure that you are feeding the good bacteria in your digestive system so that you can have good digestion, immunity and wellness.

Damage to the stomach and intestinal tract from these bad bacteria and other substances, including antibiotics, chemical...
03/06/2023

Damage to the stomach and intestinal tract from these bad bacteria and other substances, including antibiotics, chemicals and pesticides, further slowdown digestion and cause inflammation, making the digestive process even worse.

The first step in improving our microbiome is to improve our eating habits.

• Slow down when you’re eating
• Don’t eat too often or late at night! – give your digestive system time to rest and digest!
• Choose foods that support good bacteria and don’t feed the bad bacteria (more on this in upcoming posts!)
• Avoid chemicals and pesticides as much as possible
• Avoid trans and hydrogenated fats
• Decrease refined and simple carbohydrates
• Decrease (or ideally, eliminate) the amount of sugary drinks you are having, including alcohol
• Increase dietary fibre intake
• Drink 8-10 glasses of pure, filtered water every day, between meals (free from as many chemicals as possible)

If you suspect your microbiome is unhealthy, there are many foods you can eat to support the growth of healthy bacteria. Next week I will cover what some of those foods are and how you can improve the state of your gut!

Diet is the single biggest influence on microbe composition. In fact, diet is directly responsible for more than 60% of ...
03/02/2023

Diet is the single biggest influence on microbe composition. In fact, diet is directly responsible for more than 60% of the variation in bacterial species in the gut.

There are many factors when it comes to diet from WHAT we’re eating to HOW we’re eating.

Most of us are eating way too fast. When we eat quickly, the food isn’t broken down properly before reaching the stomach, which means it stays in the stomach longer than it should until it is broken down enough to move on to the intestinal tract.

While the food is sitting there building up in the stomach, trying to break down, it is creating bloating, gas and yes, bad bacteria.

Bad bacteria feed primarily on sugars, so if your diet contains a lot of foods high in sugar or refined carbohydrates, you are accelerating the development of harmful bacteria.

More on these bad guys tomorrow!

Signs of an unhealthy gut vary from person to person and are dependent on the type of “bad” organisms involved.The most ...
03/01/2023

Signs of an unhealthy gut vary from person to person and are dependent on the type of “bad” organisms involved.
The most obvious sign of an unhealthy gut is digestive irregularities such as increased and more frequent gas, bloating and constipation.
Other signs of an unhealthy gut include:
• Cravings for sugar, sweets, alcohol, and refined carbohydrates (these feed the “bad” bacteria!)
• Food sensitivities or allergies
• Fatigue
• Having itchy skin or skin rashes
• Feeling vaguely unwell, in the absence of other health conditions
• Suffering from recurrent vaginal, prostate or urinary tract infections
• Feeling “spaced out” or have difficulty with memory or concentration
• Hormonal disturbances such as PMS, menstrual irregularities or sexual dysfunction
• Depression, moodiness and anxiety - your happiness hormones serotonin and dopamine are predominantly made in your digestive system. If your gut is unhealthy, you might not be producing an adequate amount of those hormones.
So, what do you do if you feel you might have unbalanced gut bacteria?

Stay tuned for my next post about how you can influence the type of bacteria you have in your microbiome and rebalance you gut bacteria!

Your Microbiome contains trillions of organisms that have a very important role to play, including the digestion of food...
02/28/2023

Your Microbiome contains trillions of organisms that have a very important role to play, including the digestion of food, absorption of nutrients, and keeping each other in check. Diversity matters, and as long as these organisms exist in their natural state of balance, you have a healthy gut.

Many factors cause an imbalance in our microbiome, including the toxins we regularly put in and, on our bodies, stress, our food choices, the hormones we expose ourselves to and the multiple courses of antibiotics that we consume over our lifetimes. One course of antibiotics destroys both the bad and the good bacteria housed in your gut!

Those good bacteria will replenish themselves eventually, but it could take weeks to months to reach pre-antibiotic levels. Without the good bacteria to keep the bad organisms at bay, the bad organisms grow rapidly. With each course of antibiotics, you are left with a smaller diversity of organisms and your gut is slightly worse off.

So, what happens in your body when this diversity and delicate balance are off?

What are the signs and symptoms that your gut microbiome needs some love and attention?

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post on what to look for!

Your gut is full of trillions of gut organisms, collectively called the microbiome. This includes fungi, viruses, bacter...
02/27/2023

Your gut is full of trillions of gut organisms, collectively called the microbiome. This includes fungi, viruses, bacteria and other small organisms and various amounts. Each of them serves a specific purpose providing balance to your gut. Unhealthy individuals have less variety in their gut organisms and have an imbalance of more bad organisms than good.

So, why is gut health so important?

Stay tuned over the next several days as we investigate what causes an unhealthy microbiome, the effects it can have on your body, signs and symptoms that your microbiome needs a re-boot and how to find a solution to improve it.

One of the best nutrients for a low mood and easing stress is Vitamin D!You’ll find plenty of it just outside your front...
02/24/2023

One of the best nutrients for a low mood and easing stress is Vitamin D!

You’ll find plenty of it just outside your front door today!

Get out and soak it in!

Magnesium is a mineral that does all the things. In slightly more scientific terms, it’s essential for more than 300 dif...
02/23/2023

Magnesium is a mineral that does all the things. In slightly more scientific terms, it’s essential for more than 300 different processes in the body, including blood pressure regulation, muscle and nerve function, and blood sugar control. It’s also necessary for muscle relaxation, neuromuscular junction activity, protein synthesis, fat synthesis, and energy production - all critical to keep functioning during times of stress and fatigue.

Unfortunately, a majority of people are deficient. Why? Depleted soil, prescription meds, low-nutrient diets, alcohol, caffeine, and STRESS.
Stress can be a cause of magnesium deficiency, and a deficiency of magnesium can amplify the stress reaction, worsening the problem.
Because stressful conditions require more magnesium use by the body, those conditions may lead to deficiency, including both psychological and physical forms of stress.
Get magnesium from food:
• Pumpkin seeds
• Spinach
• Swiss chard
• Sesame seeds
• Avocado
• Cashews
• Sunflower seeds
• Beet greens

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