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 […]
5 Signs that you have Leaky Gut Syndrome
Leaky gut syndrome occurs when the intestinal barrier in your gut doesn’t function properly. The barrier is formed through tight junctions, which are the gate keepers from the gut to the bloodstream. When these tight junctions loosen, gastrointestinal issues can occur. When this barrier doesn’t work, things get into the bloodstream that shouldn’t be there. […]
Introducing RESTORE: A supplement for your gut
Here is a brief video of Dr. Bush discussing RESTORE – a new supplement that fixes gut permeability caused by glyphoaste in GMO foods and gluten and improves gut health. You can purchase RESTORE by clicking here
