For those of you who know me, know that I am a strong believer in what I have coined the Gut-Bone Connection. Though it may seem that our digestive tract and our skeleton are unrelated, a growing...
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How Diet Influences Osteoporosis Through Gut Microbiota
You're probably familiar with the saying "All Health Begins in the Gut," which I've been emphasizing for years. As research into the gut microbiota progresses, it's uncovering a significant link...
The Gut Estrogen Connection: How your Gut Impacts your Estrogen Levels
Recent research has unveiled a compelling link between the gut microbiome and circulating estrogen levels, a phenomenon known as the estrogen-gut microbiome axis. When your gut microbiome isn't in...
Is Inflammation Behind Your Bone Loss?
The presence of chronic systemic inflammation has been identified as a common thread linking various health conditions, including the onset of osteoporosis. In this blog post, I'll delve into the...
Living an Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle
Chronic, systemic inflammation is a persistent form of inflammation that can wreak havoc on our cells and tissues, contributing to a host of serious health conditions, including cardiovascular...
Osteomicrobiology: The Gut-Bone Connection
An expanding realm of scientific inquiry is underscoring the critical significance of the gut microbiota in the context of bone health. In this blog post, I'll explore the latest findings that...
Targeting Chronic Systemic Inflammation for Osteoporosis and Healthy Aging
As we age, we often find ourselves at a greater risk for various diseases and conditions, many of which share a common culprit: chronic systemic inflammation. This blog post explores how this...
Antibiotics or Roundup: Which is more damaging to your gut?
By now you know that your gut houses trillions of microorganisms. Most of these microorganisms are beneficial to our health. They aid in digestion, vitamin production, regulation of the immune...
The Gut-Estrogen Connection: How your gut balances estrogen in your body
Estrogen plays a vital role in women's health. It is obviously very important in our reproductive health and our fertility but also plays a vital role in cognitive health, bone health, and heart...
5 Steps for Living an Anti-inflammatory Lifestyle
Chronic, systemic inflammation is the type of inflammation that lingers on in the body and damages our cells and our tissues. It can play a huge role in numerous health conditions from...
Is Inflammation contributing to your Health Issues?
Seven Consequences of Chronic Inflammation Most people are familiar with the inflammation that occurs when we injure a joint, cut ourselves or develop an infection. This swelling, redness,...
What Does Your Poo Say About You?
Last week I had a client who thought it was completely normal that she only had 2 bowel movements a week! She said she has had only 2 weekly bowel movements a week for most of her adult life and...
Is Your Gut Leaking?
I have spent a lot of time these past several weeks highlighting the importance of the digestive tract. I talked about how we need adequate enzymes to breakdown and digest our food, a healthy gut...
Healthy Digestion = Happy Holidays
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. Like many of you, I couldn’t resist the abundance of delicious food placed before me! A few years back, I would have walked away from a large holiday...
The Power of Purification
Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer. Vacation mode is over and it is time to get back into a healthier groove. Although this wasn’t the typical summer of socializing, back yard...
Sugar Weakens the System
Yesterday, I recommended starting the day out with a well-balanced meal to keep you full, fueled and feeling good in your healthy home haven. By avoiding refined carbohydrates and sugary foods, you...
4 Tips to Restore Gut Health
I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are looking forward to an amazing 2020! I don't know about you, but I am still suffering from too much holiday! Although my weeks were full of loving...
Diabetes and Your Bones
 November is national diabetes awareness month. Sadly, over 30 million people across the US are afflicted with diabetes. Having high blood sugar can result in many serious health...
Boost Your Bones with Healthy Gut Bacteria
In recent years, researchers have been studying the microorganisms living in your intestinal tract to determine their role in health and longevity. There are at least 1000 different species of...
Is Chronic Inflammation Causing your Bones to Slowly Simmer?
Hope you had a wonderful 4th of July holiday week and got a chance to be active outdoors! If you were inspired by the beautiful weather to exercise a little harder or longer than usual, your may...
Do You Get that Gut Feeling?
Do you ever get that gut feeling? In this case not intuition, but the feeling of bloating, indigestion, reflux, stomach cramps, gas or have a history of constipation or diarrhea? Not only do these...
Is Chronic Inflammation to Blame for Your Bone Loss?
Most people associate inflammation with an injury or cut. Inflammation refers to a location on the body that has become reddened, swollen, painful, and hot. It is the body’s natural attempt at...
Belly Bacteria Build Bones
By now, most of us have heard about the need for probiotics, those friendly bacteria in our digestive tract, to help support healthy digestion and enhance our immune system. But did you know that...
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