How Sleepless Nights Affect Your Gut
It’s becoming common knowledge in scientific circles that our guts, or “second brains,” have a symbiotic relationship with almost every other system in our bodies.
It’s becoming common knowledge in scientific circles that our guts, or “second brains,” have a symbiotic relationship with almost every other system in our bodies.
We’ve talked about intuitive eating, and the importance of breaking your fast by eating in the morning. But as several diligent readers have pointed out…
How long does it take you to decide between wines at the liquor store? 15 minutes? 20 minutes? I’ll tell you a secret… For the
The U.S. houses nearly 12 million immunocompromised people (people with weakened immune systems who can’t rely on their body’s natural defense system to stave off
A lot can happen in 42 days. Habits form, people fall in love, zucchinis grow. And according to recent research, the bacteria in the gut
Nobody could afford coconut oil during the war in the 1940s. Although it had been used in European and American, not to mention Caribbean and
Quick – point to your adrenal glands.
Did you point to either side of your abdomen, right under your rib cage?
If not, we’ve got bad news: You
The elements conspiring to rob your gut’s microbiome of its healthy bacteria have a three-fold plan:
Tamper with your digestion
Drain you of your energy
And slow down
During our waking hours, we’re told to consider our posture. Our form when we’re exercising. How we lounge when we’re watching TV.
We’re told that it’s
The word “ayurvedic” can have elitist connotations for some.
After all, who are the people you hear using it? Avid yogis, restrictive eaters, spiritual gurus, and
It’s becoming common knowledge in scientific circles that our guts, or “second brains,” have a symbiotic relationship with almost every other system in our bodies.
We’ve talked about intuitive eating, and the importance of breaking your fast by eating in the morning. But as several diligent readers have pointed out…
How long does it take you to decide between wines at the liquor store? 15 minutes? 20 minutes? I’ll tell you a secret… For the
The U.S. houses nearly 12 million immunocompromised people (people with weakened immune systems who can’t rely on their body’s natural defense system to stave off
A lot can happen in 42 days. Habits form, people fall in love, zucchinis grow. And according to recent research, the bacteria in the gut
Nobody could afford coconut oil during the war in the 1940s. Although it had been used in European and American, not to mention Caribbean and
Quick – point to your adrenal glands.
Did you point to either side of your abdomen, right under your rib cage?
If not, we’ve got bad news: You
The elements conspiring to rob your gut’s microbiome of its healthy bacteria have a three-fold plan:
Tamper with your digestion
Drain you of your energy
And slow down
During our waking hours, we’re told to consider our posture. Our form when we’re exercising. How we lounge when we’re watching TV.
We’re told that it’s
The word “ayurvedic” can have elitist connotations for some.
After all, who are the people you hear using it? Avid yogis, restrictive eaters, spiritual gurus, and
Our metabolic systems are fast learners. Sometimes, they catch up to what we’re doing so quickly, we start to see plateaus in our workout goals.
Open your cleaning supply closet and grab any bottle in there.
Flip it over and read the list of chemicals contained.
Do you recognize any of those names?
And if you don’t recognize the names, is it remotely possible that you know how those chemicals are affecting you?
The EPA opened the doors on its US Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program in 1996. This branch of the agency was responsible for determining the impact on humans of industrial and agricultural chemicals either directly or indirectly.
Like what happens to our drinking water when herbicides run off of plants and into streams…
Or when children drink from plastic laced with BPA.
We’ve talked before about what endocrine-disruptors do — how they mimic naturally occurring hormones and interfere with signals in the body.
Saying we’re sorry is a confusing experience, but we’re presented the rules like they’re simple and immutable: If you hurt someone, say you’re sorry. If someone says they’re sorry, say you forgive them.
For most of us, those rules don’t get reexamined much since we’re taught them in kindergarten.
But Dr. Gary Chapman thinks they should be.
Recognize the name?
Unless you live in a coastal region, it’s likely that sea vegetables and other tropical plants don’t factor heavily in your regular diet. And indeed, why would they?
In the past few years, you may have noticed these plants becoming trendy, popping in health-food stores, in pre-packaged snack varieties, in bottled drinks you can get at the gas station.
Maybe you looked the other way! Maybe you tried them. Maybe they forged a new place in the heralded corner of your heart you reserve for your favorite munchies.