I'm taking a break from writing a blog article this week, and instead am sharing an article written by Andrea Karr, called Healthy Gut, Happy Life: 10 Ways to a Better Microbiome.
Hope you'll read it - it should be immediately apparent why I'm posting it on my site.
Comic book villains are the evil characters that negatively influence other characters in a story, and cause havoc to society. I love watching the Marvel movies with my kids, and my 14 year old daughter is always attracted to the bad guys. She loves Loki in the Thor movies, and we have just finished watching Daredevil (Season 1) and she liked the character Fisk who plays the protagonist. It's her attraction to the duality of these characters that has made me pay more attention to the villains. In your gut story, SIBO could be that evil villain.
It's easy to get depressed or angry when you start dwelling on all the chemicals that get sprayed on our food supply. Food is meant to nourish us, but when herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides get sprayed on our food crops it means that we can't help but eat these toxic chemicals. When plants get sprayed they absorb these chemicals through their leaves and root systems, which means that the chemicals become systemic in the plants and are throughout the foods we harvest.
Did you know that good health depends on microbial diversity in your gut? The microbes that make your digestive tract their home play a key role in every aspect of your health. Your relationship with those organisms is a codependent one - you provide a dark, temperature-regulated home that has a constant food supply, and in exchange the microbes regulate every metabolic process in your body including things like immune function, blood pressure, fat storage, hormone function and blood sugar regulation.
I’m going to start by telling you about my typical client. The type of person who typically comes to see me is incredibly educated, has done a lot of research, and usually is already eating an organic, whole foods diet, and living a clean lifestyle.
So today I visited with good friends that embody my typical client, but wanted to talk to me about vaccinations for their beautiful baby girl.
You are likely aware of organ donation, and may have even signed up on a registry, or if you are like me, and live in Alberta, you may have checked off the organ donor boxes on the back of your provincial health care card.
Or maybe you donate blood, because there is a need for blood and you know you are helping someone by donating.
But have you ever thought of donating your poop?
Did you know your body is host to 100 trillion organisms? These organisms are made up of bacteria, yeasts, and fungi, and sometimes there are parasitic organisms as well. These organisms live all over our skin and in all of our orifices with an amazing 95% of them living in our guts. Collectively they weigh about 4 pounds.
Call the clinic to book a complimentary 15-minute meet & greet or to book your first full appointment. If you aren’t sure if I’m the right practitioner for you, start with the 15-minute meet & greet.
