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The Good Mood
Join my colleague, Dr. Talia Marcheggiani, ND and me in her "The Good Mood Podcast" episode 45.
Here's what Dr. Talia has to say:
"We've talked digestion on The Good Mood Podcast: the structure and function of the vagus nerve and how putting your hands on can help diagnose and treat disease with Dr. David Miller, the gut microbiome and your trillions of little friends with Dr. Kim Bretz. BUT we can never talk too much digestion. As Dr. Laura shows us, there are multiple multiple angles at w…
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Leaky Gut?
We have skin on the outside and skin within. Our skin within, which is our gastrointestinal lining, is very thin. When there is gastrointestinal inflammation, there is irritation and inflammation of the lining of the gastrointestinal tract. This can lead to a degeneration of the barrier that separates you from the outside world. Things that should stay in the gut get into the bloodstream, and thus the term "leaky gut". This means toxins, and even pieces of undigested food that would normally …
Food or Mood?
How does gut health relate to the health of the rest of your body, mind, and soul?
Two thousand four hundred fifty years ago, Hippocrates said, “It all begins in the gut.” I think he was smarter than even he knew. Has the human condition changed at all since then?
The onset of digestive and gastrointestinal issues often begins in times of grief, abuse, or other major negative life events. As Dr. Samuel Gee says, “What the patient takes beyond his ability to digest does him harm.” I found th…
"A Valuable Addition to Your Library"
Now Live! I'm so excited to share this with the world.
What I dearly hope this read will give you is increased awareness about the root cause of your health problems.
Reviews:
"Dr. Brown's new book, Beyond Digestion, is an excellent guide, full of patient examples and simple steps that have successfully reversed brain dysfunction, arthritic pains, hormone imbalances...the list goes on. You'll look back six months from now and smile with gratitude that your cholesterol is down fifty points…
Factors in Chronic Disease
Naturopathic Currents is a worldwide newsletter for health and well being. It delivers professional, unbiased, up-to-date, and evidence-based information on integrative medicine and natural health products from leading naturopathic doctors (NDs) across Canada and the United States.
In the January edition, Dr. Brown explores gluten and its impact on our gastrointestinal health and overall vitality. She looks at some of the factors contributing to gluten sensitivity and discusses the importan…
Breaking Down Digestion
Join me and Cassy from AOR as we discuss digestion on their podcast Supplementing Health
Osteoporosis and gluten sensitivity
Bone health can be affected by the consumption of gluten. None of us have the enzymes to properly break down gluten. If you are celiac or ultrasensitive the long term, downstream effects can leave quite a trail of bread crumbs. Read on...
Your bones are protein rich multi-mineral pillars of strength. They need multiple nutrients. Nutrients you must be able to absorb from your food.
Osteoporosis is a low bone density state associated with increased risk for fractures. Risk factors in men an…
Gluten Free Diet Helps Seizures
"Gluten-free diet (GFD) is effective in the management of epilepsy in 53% of cases, either reducing seizure frequency, enabling reduced doses of antiepileptic drugs or even stopping antiepileptic drugs." (1)
Epilepsy occurs almost twice as much in patients with celiac disease and those with epilepsy are twice as likely to have celiac disease. In addition to these stats, there are those whom are non celiac gluten sensitive, where the brain is more often to be ill-affected than the gut. Neurolog…