Gut Feeling: How Your Microbiome Affects Your Mood and Mental Health
Have you ever had a “gut feeling” about something? Or felt butterflies in your stomach? It turns out that these sensations are not just metaphors
Have you ever had a “gut feeling” about something? Or felt butterflies in your stomach? It turns out that these sensations are not just metaphors
The microbiome ecosystem plays a vital role in our overall health and well-being, influencing everything from our immune system to our mood.
Culture shock is sometimes subjective – but in this case, there’s plenty of cold, hard evidence to prove it. Seeing Europeans leave jugs of milk on
Moxa is a traditional Chinese medicine technique that has been used for centuries by healers to treat various ailments. The technique involves burning dried mugwort
“Stressed out” has only been pressure-tested as a concept for less than 100 years. That sounds crazy, considering that all human advancements were designed to
When man discovered fire 0.2 million years ago, everything changed.
Including the composition of our gut’s microbiome.
You probably know that the shape of
There’s a very specific reason that Americans have embraced Asian-inspired soups and ramens as a growing trend in restaurant food – their broths just aren’t your
Dear Reader, It’s an election year, and there’s a global pandemic. And that means we’re hearing a lot about universal healthcare again… Wherever you land
Whole wheat has gotten the short end of the grain for the last decade or so in diet culture. Paleo, Keto, Atkins – they all recommend
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…
Have you ever had a “gut feeling” about something? Or felt butterflies in your stomach? It turns out that these sensations are not just metaphors
The microbiome ecosystem plays a vital role in our overall health and well-being, influencing everything from our immune system to our mood.
Culture shock is sometimes subjective – but in this case, there’s plenty of cold, hard evidence to prove it. Seeing Europeans leave jugs of milk on
Moxa is a traditional Chinese medicine technique that has been used for centuries by healers to treat various ailments. The technique involves burning dried mugwort
“Stressed out” has only been pressure-tested as a concept for less than 100 years. That sounds crazy, considering that all human advancements were designed to
When man discovered fire 0.2 million years ago, everything changed.
Including the composition of our gut’s microbiome.
You probably know that the shape of
There’s a very specific reason that Americans have embraced Asian-inspired soups and ramens as a growing trend in restaurant food – their broths just aren’t your
Dear Reader, It’s an election year, and there’s a global pandemic. And that means we’re hearing a lot about universal healthcare again… Wherever you land
Whole wheat has gotten the short end of the grain for the last decade or so in diet culture. Paleo, Keto, Atkins – they all recommend
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…
From the very first time that your mother admonished your grandmother for letting you have a bunch of candy when you were under her care, you’ve been aware that sugar isn’t good for you.
Maybe you didn’t fully understand why… You’ve probably heard it all. “You’ll get a sugar rush!” “You’ll get pimples on your skin.” “You’ll grow a spare tire around your mid section.”
And while all of those things are true…
Our collective knowledge of the dangers of sugar (especially refined sugar cane, and less of the natural sugars occurring in fruits) has not stalled the growth of the more than $90 billion global sugar industry.
Is negative three an option? Actually, it is. It’s harder to plan for a baby these days – even before the pandemic. Those in baby-having age
New year, new back?
Probably not. You’ll have to start writing “2020” on all of your paperwork now, but other than adjusting to a new decade, everything else will likely feel the same.
Including your aching back. We’ve written before about ways to ease chronic back pain by stretching, especially addressing the shocking number of people with back pain in America – 80%.
Some say it’s as old as religion itself. Today, you’d recognize entheogens as a list of substances that could land you in hot legal water.
Is your refrigerator running?
Well… then you’d better catch on to the contribution you’re making to a convergence of global crises brought on by the greed and improvidence of two major industries poisoning the population, advancing climate change, benefiting from systemic poverty, destroying the soil, invading politics, and generally making a muck of what used to be our simplest need: food.
Our issues with the way we eat scale all the way to the top of the food chain… but they start in your refrigerator.