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Garry Gordon’s Gut Health Interview with Zach Bush

By on April 22, 2015 in Microbiome, Restore with 0 Comments
Garry Gordon’s Gut Health Interview with Zach Bush

Gut Health Conference Call with Dr. Gordon and Dr. Bush April 21, 2015 Please click here listen to the teleconference. Below is Dr. Bush’s talk portion of the teleconference. Garry Gordon Interviews Zach Bush on Gut Health Dr. Gordon: Good evening everyone! This is Dr. Garry Gordon, and I’m really excited about tonight’s presentation. I […]

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TEDx Charlottesville on Gut Health

TEDx Charlottesville on Gut Health

November 14th, 2014 There was a time when human health was understood to be completely dependent on our connection with Nature, a complex ecosystem that would give us the opportunity to thrive. Western medicine has forgotten about that larger Nature, and has often forgotten about that human organism itself, breaking our patients down into single […]

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How to Boost Your Immune System Naturally

By on October 29, 2014 in Gut Health, Microbiome, Restore with 0 Comments
How to Boost Your Immune System Naturally

This blog posting was originally posted on the Relay Foods Blog Got a cold? We’ve got answers. As we head into the Fall, everyone would rather be outside enjoying the leaves than inside with a cold. Why some people get sick and others do not is complicated and not exactly known in medical science. What […]

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Is Our Cleanliness Making Us Sick?

Is Our Cleanliness Making Us Sick?

Stop taking showers. Keep the dirt under your fingernails. Say “No” to hand sanitizer and antibiotics. These are words I‘ve heard and read recently from people who have embraced the “Hygiene Hypothesis.” Is cleanliness making us sick? This hypothesis states that lack of early childhood exposure to good bacteria suppresses the development of one’s immune […]

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Your Food is More Poisonous Today than Last Spring

Your Food is More Poisonous Today than Last Spring

This article was recently pointed out to me. It highlights the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) increase in the acceptable allowance of glyphosate (RoundUp) residues on various crops, which went into effect on May 1, 2013. Food Poisonous Today This new EPA regulation doubles the acceptable glyphosate contamination levels in soybeans and raises acceptable levels 15 […]

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10 Spring Cleaning Steps … For Your Gut

10 Spring Cleaning Steps … For Your Gut

I ate out a week and a half ago with my family. My wife took the kids out to our local outdoor mall to run around and then eat. She loves the local burger place where she can get a vegan beet burger. I had spent the day at a conference on gut health (ironically), […]

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Gut Bacteria Key to Dark Chocolate Benefit

Gut Bacteria Key to Dark Chocolate Benefit

I love dark chocolate. I’ve loved it more over the years knowing that its good for me. Dark chocolate is, by definition, chocolate comprised of over 60% cocoa and sometimes called “semisweet”. It has been touted as a food rich in the tannins or flavanoids, which are polyphenol antioxidants similar to those in green tea, […]

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Jonathan Eisen’s TED Talk on the Importance of Gut Bacteria

By on March 22, 2014 in Gut Bacteria, Microbiome with 0 Comments
Jonathan Eisen’s TED Talk on the Importance of Gut Bacteria

The gut comprises the stomach, small intestines and large intestines. If taken out of you, your gut spans 25 feet and can stretch 50 feet. Its surface area can cover approximately one football field. Yet perhaps the most impressive gut statistic is that your guts are home to 100 trillion bacteria comprised of 30,000 beneficial […]

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