It paints a funny picture when you hear the words ‘leaky gut’, doesn’t it? It’s not quite what it sound like, and yet it is. Leaky gut is short for Leaky Gut Syndrome. This is where there is increased intestinal permeability allows bacteria and toxins to leak through the intestinal wall. Maybe it doesn’t
Tag: immune system
Bone broth for health? Bone broth has proven to be extremely healing for our digestive tract. It is high in collagen, gelatin, glycine, proline and glutamine- vital nutrients provide the sustenance for the growth and reconstruction of your intestinal wall. I wanted to include an easy bone broth recipe that was extremely helpful to me
You can heal from Hashimoto’s! Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune thyroid disease that slowly drains your energy and your health. It can be crippling and feel like your life has been stolen from you. You may even feel that your body is failing you. Conventional medicine would have you believe that there is no cure except
Do you like olives? I don’t. Sometimes I can stand them if they are mixed well with other things like in a salad, but generally I don’t seek them out. However, I can definitely get behind using olive oil. I cook with it regularly for my family. At this point, most everyone knows how wonderful
Are you worried about your gut health? I want to share with you five of my favorite gut boosting foods. I had to rely heavily on these foods for many, many months (and still do!) while I worked to heal my body from Hashimoto’s- an autoimmune thyroid disease. You can read more about Hashimoto’s and
What if you had a leaky gut? Would you try to fix it or ignore it? What if you learned that it was the reason that your immune system was attacking your thyroid? After learning I had a leaky gut, I wanted to know how to heal it. Healing my leaky gut stopped Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
What is a leaky gut? I used to think it was made-up medical slang to pray on poor suckers who would believe anything. Now, I know better. I found that I had a leaky gut and that it was a major connection to my Hashimoto’s disease. It was amazing to learn that there could
Want a chocolate chip cookie? Yes. That was always my answer to this question until about 10 months ago. I wanted to eat all the yummy carbs. Don’t we all? Pasta, cookies, and donuts (especially donuts!) were a few of my favorites. However, I didn’t realize that eating foods containing gluten protein from wheat was