Tag: leaky gut

Earth Day, but make it for gut health 🌱💚🌎🦠

Earth Day, but make it for gut health 🌱💚🌎🦠

If Earth Day could sit at your kitchen table for a day, it would probably have a few thoughts about what’s going into your family’s bodies. Because the same things affecting the environment, like plastics and chemical overload, are also quietly influencing what’s happening inside Read more…

Is Your Gut Health Quashing Your Mood?

Is Your Gut Health Quashing Your Mood?

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so of course we need to discuss how this ties into our gut! ​The Gut-Brain-Mental Health Connection ​ The gut and brain are connected through the “gut-brain axis”, a communication network that allows for the exchange of information between the two. Read more…

The Unfortunate Truth About IBS

The Unfortunate Truth About IBS

Irritable Bowel Syndrome I can just hear you saying, “Ah, but I already know my bowel is irritable, Amy, do I really need more awareness about this???” An irritable bowel is unpredictable, uncomfortable, and at times, can be downright embarrassing. So yes, you’re definitely already aware of Read more…

Hope and Change for Autoimmune Dysregulation

Hope and Change for Autoimmune Dysregulation

May is Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month. Did you know that autoimmune disease is the 3rd leading cause of death? Over 50 million Americans, children and adults, suffer with at least one of more than 80 possible autoimmune diseases.  In autoimmune disease, the body produces very Read more…

To Gluten or Not to Gluten…That is the Question…

To Gluten or Not to Gluten…That is the Question…

We can’t digest it. It’s irritating to the gut. It’s hybridized beyond our body’s recognition, so looks like an alien spaceship to our immune system. However. Not everyone will benefit from a gluten-free diet. There. I said it. Heresy in the holistic health world. But Read more…