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What is Leaky Gut? 7 Things to Avoid

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leaky gutCharlene Bollinger – I can think of least 50 people right now who would list digestive issues as their number one health complaint. Whether it is IBS, an ulcer, heartburn, bloating, unexplainable food intolerances or just a “sensitive gut,” it seems like everybody is dealing with some kind of digestive distress these days.

Have you ever stopped to consider why?

Sadly, what a lot of people don’t know is that seemingly “normal” digestive upset may be a sign of a more serious issue: leaky gut. This term may sound strange, but it can also be serious.

I am so proud of our efforts at TTAC to empower YOU with your health. And knowing the whys, hows, and consequences of leaky gut are so important to continue to learn about. Continue reading →

Positive Ways Gut Flora Probiotics Affect Your Health

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7 Ways Probiotics Affect Your HealthDr. Edward F. Group – Your gut is where digestion begins, it’s connected to your brain, and it’s at least 70 percent of your immune system. The bottom line — you can’t be healthy if your gut isn’t healthy. A diet free of refined sugar and artificial ingredients are part of the equation in promoting a healthy gut flora.

Achieving a positive balance of bacteria is the other. Within your gut live colonies of friendly bacteria known as probiotics that are part of your microbiota. When you have healthy, established colonies, it has positive effects on your health. Continue reading →

Foods to Boost Your Mood

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Brain FunctionAlex ‘Earthie Mama’ Du Toit – How are you feeling? Could your mental state use an uplift? What you are putting in your body could be contributing to the way you feel. I’m sure you have heard the famous quote from Hippocrates, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” This saying is something to live by. Before running off to the doctor, maybe ask yourself can I find something from nature that can heal me.

This goes for mental health as well. There has been a continuous rise in people having mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression. Rather then beginning at the psychiatrists, try looking at your overall diet and add foods that are good for your mood. New research suggests getting the right foods into your diet regularly can shift your mental state. This includes taming your stress, reducing anxiety and fighting off depression. There are certain foods that can help give yourself a mental uplift. Continue reading →

The Important Synbiotic Relationship Between Probiotics and Prebiotics

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PrebioticsMarisa Brenizer – The nearly-fanatical obsession with probiotics has been thriving for roughly a decade, but recently a new contender has been ushered into the spotlight – prebiotics.

According to the MRC Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre in Cambridge, prebiotics are:

…nondigestible food ingredients that beneficially affect the host by selectively stimulating the growth and/or activity of one or a limited number of bacterial species already resident in the colon, and thus attempt to improve host health.

In layman’s terms, these hard-working prebiotic fortifiers serve as food, or fuel, for probiotics (or the “good” bacteria that lives in your gut).

The combination of probiotics and prebiotics is known as a synbiotic relationship, which indicates that when the two supplements amalgamate, they work together to stimulate and improve the presence of good flora in the intestines.

Although they do exist in an average diet, most people don’t consume nearly enough probiotics to make a substantial impact on the survival of the good flora in the digestive system. Prebiotics can do the heavy lifting. Continue reading →

Balance Your Gut Flora Quickly, Kill Candida, And Eliminate Disease

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leaky gutMichael Edwards – Due to the American diet, nearly every person in the United States who is in poor health or suffers from any disease is living with an overabundance of Candida.

Candida is a very opportunistic. Once this fungus takes over, it can spread throughout the body. Candida burrows into the gut lining creating holes in the intestines that allow undigested food particles and other toxins to enter the bloodstream setting off an immune response that causes allergies, inflammation, and autoimmune diseases. This is called leaky gut syndrome.

The good news is that Candida in the gut can be eradicated quickly, restoring the natural and healthy order of gut flora. Most people (even those who feel considerably ill) will see a major reduction in symptoms once this is done. But there’s also bad news. Most people do have a “leaky gut” to a degree. Too much sugar equals too much Candida (and other “bad” pathogens), which equals too much leakiness in the gut.

If you have an overabundance of Candida, you have a leaky gut. The less balance in the gut flora, the more permeable it becomes. It takes months to repair a leaky gut. Once you balance the gut flora and adjust the diet so that the healthiest eco-system can thrive, going off of the healthy diet you’ve maintained can yield seriously painful results. Even though your body may feel like it has completely healed, it still has a leaky gut that lets sugars and whatever else that was just eaten pass through into the bloodstream undigested where there are lots of microbes waiting, lying there, starving, just hoping you’ll slip up again and feed them so they can come roaring back to life.

How To Know If You Have an Overabundance Of Candida Continue reading →