How Your Gut Health Affects Your Whole Body
Heart, kidneys and so much more!
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Microbiome and Brain Health: What’s the Connection?
If you think your gut is trying to tell you something, you might want to listen. You might have a connection between your brain and your gut that makes you react the way you do. Gut-brain axis: There may be some connection between your brain and your gut health, and vice versa. It is called…
Microbiome 101: What and Why Is It So Important?
This is a sponsored article on behalf of Seed. All opinions are my own. Your body is home to a community of microorganisms that live in the gut. These diverse bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa play many vital roles in the overall healthy functioning of the body. When this system of microbes is out of…
Mindfulness Meditation Training Lowers Stress Response In Anxiety Disorder
You know that feeling where your mind is thinking of 100 things at once? When you can’t stop the thoughts and jump from idea to idea, or worse, from worry to worry? When this happens it can make stress and anxiety worse. However, many people are turning to mindfulness meditation as a popular method to…
Poor School Nutrition May Have Caused 20 cm Height Gap Across Nations
You are what you eat – or so the saying goes. But does that include how tall you become? Even though your genes play a big part in how tall you are, researchers say poor nutrition during school years may have caused a 20cm height gap between countries. (1) The study by the Imperial College…
Sleep and Microbiome
Sleepless in the U.S. It is an unfortunate fact that sleep disorders are common in the U.S. At least 10% of people have a sleep disorder that is “clinically significant,” with insomnia being the most common. Sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, and insomnia are also common (RLS). Breaking this issue down by sex, one study…
Gut Health is the Key to a Healthy Life
Importance of a Healthy Gut 00:00:00 Hi everyone. Dr. Partha Nandi, thank you for joining me today. I appreciate it. I am a gastroenterologist and how to advocate. I’m based out here in Detroit, Michigan, I’m talking about gut health. We use that term very loosely, but cut out the so important gut health…
Do You Know What’s in Your Child’s Food?
It can be difficult to know exactly what you’re feeding your family these days. There are confusing food-labeling terms that are often mere marketing ploys rather than helpful tools. While labels like ‘reduced fat,’ ‘low calorie,’ and ‘low sugar’ may sound enticing, it oftentimes doesn’t mean the food is any healthier. Let’s take a look…
New Study Shows One Glass of Alcohol a Day Can Increase the Risk of Cancer
What Constitutes as ‘Moderate’? A study from Japan shows a notably strong connection between four types of cancer and drinking moderate amounts of alcohol. Researchers evaluated the drinking habits of 63,000 Japanese cancer patients and found a 5% increased risk of developing cancer if they had one drink a day for 10 years. For patients…
