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How to Recover from 'Stomach Flu' or Enterovirus gut health inflammation Jan 11, 2017

Carolyn’s entire family got hit very hard during winter break this year with the “stomach flu”, and just this week over 1/3 of a certain school district in Illinois were felled by this nasty bug. A friend reported on Facebook that her flight was delayed because a sick passenger...

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The Gut-Hormone Connection gut health hormone balancing skin health women's health Nov 22, 2016

How your Gut Issues are Connected to Hormone Imbalance

Maureen, a 46 year old mother of 3, had recurrent digestive problems and IBS along with acne and irregular, painful periods with a hellish case of monthly PMS. It all began around the time her dermatologist prescribed longterm antibiotic...

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"My Gut Hurts and My Brain Isn't Working!" celiac gluten gut health inflammation sibo Oct 31, 2016

Have you ever felt this way? Janine certainly knows what this is like! “I have had chronic digestive issues since I was a little girl. And when things are especially bad I would forget simple words, and forget about remembering names! I am only in my mid-40’s! I can’t fathom...

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Running on Empty? Help for SIBO-D gut health inflammation sibo test Oct 01, 2016

Barbara was very very sick. She was having bad diarrhea 10-15 times per day. She was feeling wiped out and isolated as she was too sick to go out. Working was nearly impossible as she could barely concentrate due to severe brain fog not to mention the multiple trips to the bathroom.  She had...

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Constipation: Are You Clogged? gut health inflammation sibo Sep 08, 2016

Jennifer was getting frustrated. No matter what she tried, she was only able to have a small hard bowel movement every 3-5 days which only offered a slight improvement in how she felt.  In between bowel movements she was horribly uncomfortable. She felt like her intestines were full of...

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Do All People with IBS Have SIBO? gut health inflammation sibo Aug 26, 2016

The first time it happened was when I was pregnant. I was visiting my parents and I had just eaten a cookie my mother had served. My belly suddenly filled up with air and I was in intense pain. I drank some peppermint tea and the air moved through and I chalked it up to pregnancy doing weird...

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When a Flare Happens: Stress and Autoimmune Disease autoimmune gut health inflammation stress Aug 12, 2016

Maureen had been working with me for about 6 months for her Crohns disease and we had gotten her to a pretty stable place and she was able to incorporate the diet changes into her life and was happy with the results. However, she had recently taken on some new stressful work projects, plus was...

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Why does Gut Health Affect so Many Things? Especially Autoimmune Diseases? autoimmune celiac gluten gut health inflammation Jul 21, 2016

Evelyn, age 51, sat tearfully in my office. Her hands were in constant pain and she had trouble buttoning her clothes and typing on the computer.  She had just been diagnosed with a debilitating autoimmune disease and her rheumatologist had prescribed some heavy duty immune suppressing...

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How to Get Rid of Bloating, Gas and Cramping gut health sibo Jun 29, 2016
 

Many many years ago I was experiencing horrible bloating and cramping a few hours after eating. This is way before medical school and years before I know anything about food allergies and sensitivities, gluten, or any of the stuff people normally try on their own to heal their...

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What the heck is SIBO? Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth! gut health sibo May 31, 2016

Martha , a 48 year old working mother, came to see me in my office because a few hours after she ate her belly blew up like a balloon. She experienced severe bloating , gas, and cramping. “I feel like I am 5 months pregnant!” she cried. “And then it hurts so much I have to go...

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Who Wants to Crawl Back from Fatigued to Fabulous? adrenals fatigue gut health sleep May 17, 2016

Many years ago, fresh out of med school I was so fatigued that I needed a 2 hour afternoon nap almost every day because I would have a brown out around 3-5 PM. I would go home from work, crash out, and wake up in time to throw something together for dinner.   Even though I was...

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What is the deal with eating grains? celiac gluten gut health nutrition May 11, 2016

Back in the not so distant past, the vegetarian diet was considered a cure-all for many illnesses. This was back when we believed that carbs were good and fats were bad. It all sounded like such a great idea… the problem was that clinically it just didn’t work!

We all read articles...

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