Every early fall, I participate in the same tradition because I like to plan ahead: I want to be prepared for Back to School, pre-Celebration Season, and everything that comes with it. Including possible illness. 🦠 While I feel it’s important to build health all Read more…
In the modern world, where chronic illnesses and stress-related conditions are rampant, it’s easy to turn to supplements as a quick fix for our health issues.While supplements can play a valuable role in creating therapeutic change or supporting our ongoing well-being, they are not a Read more…
In recent years, “leaky gut” (aka enhanced/increased intestinal permeability, or as I call it, “pasta strainer gut”) has been clinically linked to so many chronic diseases. IBD, IBS, autoimmunity, liver disease, autism, eczema, and the list goes on. A sealed gut has been associated with Read more…
Our body contains a super-highway, the vagus nerve, the connection between the entire digestive system and the brain. Emerging research has highlighted that this “gut-brain axis” consists of two nervous systems: the central nervous system (housed in the brain) and the enteric nervous system (housed in the Read more…
At last, the heat of the summer has broken. All the children have returned to their various learning environments, the days are starting to shorten as we transition into fall, and new rhythms are getting established for this new season. As the children make new friends, adjust Read more…
And it’s not from that watermelon seed you swallowed! Last month we talked about taking good care of your gut microbes to keep them in beneficial balance, and one way to really nourish them and keep them quite happy is by feeding them well. Think Read more…
Hey. You have a big responsibility. A giant one, in fact. You are the host to an entire ecosystem of microorganisms. A variety of bacteria and other microbes line nearly every surface of your body, with each organ hosting a distinct mix of these microbes. These Read more…
The gluten free diet has been trendy for years now. All over the world, people have been ditching gluten, hoping to lose weight and live healthier lives. However, this diet isn’t for everyone and it could even be causing harm, along the lines of gut Read more…
Charoset is a traditional Passover food used during the seder. It represents the mortar the Jews used to cement the pyramids together during their enslavement. There are many recipes out there for charoset, and I was tired of the version endemic to Ashkenazi Jews in Read more…