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The Gut-Brain Connection: Protecting Your "Second Brain"

The Gut-Brain Connection: Protecting Your "Seco...

Brain health and gut health are closely related. Your gut has it's own separate nervous system, often called the "second brain" or formally, the enteric nervous system. The health of...

The Gut-Brain Connection: Protecting Your "Seco...

Brain health and gut health are closely related. Your gut has it's own separate nervous system, often called the "second brain" or formally, the enteric nervous system. The health of...

Security for Your Brain

Security for Your Brain

The brain has a specialized security system called the blood-brain barrier to protect it from internal and external harms. Aging, inflammation, & disease weaken the barrier allowing toxins & harmful...

Security for Your Brain

The brain has a specialized security system called the blood-brain barrier to protect it from internal and external harms. Aging, inflammation, & disease weaken the barrier allowing toxins & harmful...

Best Fiber Supplements for Better Health

Best Fiber Supplements for Better Health

There are a lot to choose from - but what makes the best fiber supplements better than others? Most people need to be consuming more dietary fiber, and many will...

Best Fiber Supplements for Better Health

There are a lot to choose from - but what makes the best fiber supplements better than others? Most people need to be consuming more dietary fiber, and many will...

Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletion: 7 Nutrients Commonly Depleted by Medications

Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletion: 7 Nutrients Co...

Drug-induced nutrient depletion occurs when prescription medications deplete, block absorption, increase excretion, or increase utilization of nutrients resulting in nutrient deficiency. Most medications have potential to deplete nutrients contributing to...

Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletion: 7 Nutrients Co...

Drug-induced nutrient depletion occurs when prescription medications deplete, block absorption, increase excretion, or increase utilization of nutrients resulting in nutrient deficiency. Most medications have potential to deplete nutrients contributing to...

Fiber for Feeling Full

Fiber for Feeling Full

Your brain knows you have eaten enough when it receives specific signals to indicate satiety, or fullness. The more satiety signals that get triggered, the more full we feel. Fiber...

Fiber for Feeling Full

Your brain knows you have eaten enough when it receives specific signals to indicate satiety, or fullness. The more satiety signals that get triggered, the more full we feel. Fiber...

Do Antibiotics Contribute to Obesity?

Do Antibiotics Contribute to Obesity?

Antibiotic use, especially in childhood, has been linked to obesity later in life. Overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics causes disruptions in the intestinal microbiome that influences metabolism. You can protect, maintain...

Do Antibiotics Contribute to Obesity?

Antibiotic use, especially in childhood, has been linked to obesity later in life. Overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics causes disruptions in the intestinal microbiome that influences metabolism. You can protect, maintain...