Gut Bacteria
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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), […]
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 […]
