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Fiber Facts, This is Really Why You Need Fiber

Regular exercise helps your gut health, but fiber plays a big roll in this as well. For more information schedule a fitness consultation at Hatha Yoga and Fitness. Get in about 30 g of Fiber per day. You need about 14 g of fiber per 1000 calories you eat each day. So somewhere between 25-35 g per day, depending on your actual weight and calorie consumption. Processed foods may have been fiber stripped. Fiber is from plants, but processing may be removing some fiber from foods

These signs could mean you have Inflammatory Bowel Disease (hint they have nothing to do with your g

Inflammatory bowel diseases include both Chron's and Ulcerative colitis, and a group of yet to be determined 'indeterminate colitis." These are lifelong, serious, and yet can be controlled. There are food allergy triggers, dietary triggers, and probably both environmental and genetic components that are probably more important than these signs. But if you have one of these symptoms you need to be seen both by a primary care provider, and when appropriate you may need GI doct

How your gut is regulating what you eat

Feeling hungry? Ever think about what is going on in your gut producing those feelings. It's your gut bacteria, and everything you do to make that bacteria happy will make you healthier. Bugs in your gut i.e. your microbiome regulates whether you will be normal weight or obese. These gut microbiome bacteria act as an endocrine organ. The millions of individual bacteria form a complex network that can sense whether you are deficient in certain nutrients, whether you feel full,

How you prevent the food from literally fermenting in your gut health

Have you thought how about how you digest your food lately? Simplistically explained nutrition begins with you ingesting the proper food, breaking the nutrients out of food, and then biochemically absorbing the nutrients. Chewing begins the process. The stomach acid is the next critical step. And then the enzymes of the pancreases and the small intestine break down the major components of food including your cars, proteins and fats. If the fibers from food are not well broken

What your medicine cabinet is missing

First, what is our microbiome? A microbiome exists inside all of us. The microbiome contains a collection of microbes (bacteria and viruses) essential for our lives. These microbes help digest foods, regulate our immune system and much, much more. Most of the microbiome is beneficial, however harmful organisms can overpopulate. So, how can we better our microbiome? The answer: Probiotics! Probiotics contain healthy microbes that you can ingest to better your microbiome, which

Bloating? Try this gluten free strategies

One of the biggest struggles we have in gynecology is diagnosing the cause of bloating and diet adjustment is often part of the diagnosis as well as the cure. Often bloating and gas is seen just on the menstrual period, and that is treated as any menstrual cramps are treated, or during ovulation, or as a consequence of other pelvic conditions such as endometriosis. However, if the symptoms worsen with certa

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