The Role of Probiotics in Maintaining a Healthy Microbiome
Introduction The human body contains trillions of microorganisms collectively known as the microbiome, which plays a vital role in maintaining our overall health and well-being.
Introduction The human body contains trillions of microorganisms collectively known as the microbiome, which plays a vital role in maintaining our overall health and well-being.
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
Introduction The human body contains trillions of microorganisms collectively known as the microbiome, which plays a vital role in maintaining our overall health and well-being.
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
You don’t need a scientist to tell you that fast food is not a healthy choice.
Empty calories? Check.
Heavy in trans fat, light in nutrition? Check.
The exact opposite of mindful and grateful eating? Check.
But it’s important to understand that not only is fast food not good for you, it’s actively harmful to your body’s composition.
The brain we develop reflects the life we lead.
– the Dalai Lama.
Makes sense, right?
Strangely, this is a contentious opinion in the world of neuroscience.
And it’s part of why Dr. David Perlmutter not only left the practice of mainstream neurology 10 years into his residency and opened his own practice, but recently wrote a book with his son about the effects of our lifestyles on our neural structures.
Onism: The name given to the feeling of realizing how little of the world we’ll each get to experience.
Anemoia: The name given to the feeling of being nostalgic for something you haven’t actually experienced.
Monachopsis: The name given to the feeling that you don’t belong where you are, that you’re not in the right place.
As granular as human beings have gotten through millennia of analysis…
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, all of these hyper focused feelings fall into one of only seven categories – the seven emotions.
Can you think of anything spookier than a haunted house? Scarier than a zombie attack? More soul shaking than Frankenstein’s monster?
What about…
An unhealthy gut?
Not scared yet?
Well, get ready… Americans are projected to spend $2.6 billion on candy this year. That’s between 160 million Americans. During Halloween season, the amount of candy sold weighs about as much as six Titanics.
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