Archive for March, 2014
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, […]
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 […]
The Cause of Gluten Intolerance: The Plot Thickens
From my research in gut health, two things that are commonly known to degrade the tight junctions of intestinal barrier and cause leaky gut are gluten and glyphosate (RoundUp). Both cause the up-regulation of zonulin, which leads to increased permeability of the tight junctions. This in turn leads to unregulated diffusion of toxins into the […]
