Digestion Archive

  • Tweet Food for Thought: Seeing as May is national herb week, I thought it pertinent to briefly reflect on the importance of herbs in our day-to-day lives as well as...

    Healing Power of Herbs

    Tweet Food for Thought: Seeing as May is national herb week, I thought it pertinent to briefly reflect on the importance of herbs in our day-to-day lives as well as...

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  • Tweet By Kaitlin Mackay We need food to live. We need the nutrients in food to live even more so. So it is of great importance to maximize nutrient retention...

    Shopping Farmer’s Market’s – A Guide to Freshness

    Tweet By Kaitlin Mackay We need food to live. We need the nutrients in food to live even more so. So it is of great importance to maximize nutrient retention...

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  • Tweet by Kaitlin Mackay A hot topic on the market is coconut oil. Should you use it? Is it harmful or is it good for you? Ben once said to...

    Coconut Oil: Friend or Foe?

    Tweet by Kaitlin Mackay A hot topic on the market is coconut oil. Should you use it? Is it harmful or is it good for you? Ben once said to...

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  • Tweet Magnesium is essential in over 300 enzymatic reactions in the human body, many tied to sleep, energy, cognitive function, stress regulation, and heart health.  Deficiencies in this all-important mineral...

    Magnesium: The Mineral You Need

    Tweet Magnesium is essential in over 300 enzymatic reactions in the human body, many tied to sleep, energy, cognitive function, stress regulation, and heart health.  Deficiencies in this all-important mineral...

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  • Tweet Improved Health thru Better Digestion Ben Brown, Nutritionist, Owner, Body Systems Healing & Performance As you may already know, the process of digestion begins not in the mouth or...

    Improved Health through Better Digestion and Stomach Healing

    Tweet Improved Health thru Better Digestion Ben Brown, Nutritionist, Owner, Body Systems Healing & Performance As you may already know, the process of digestion begins not in the mouth or...

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  • Tweet Over the next several weeks you are going to be tried, tempted, tested, and tormented by all sorts of savory, sweet and sugary snacks.  Too often people throw caution...

    5 Ways to Beat the Holiday Bulge

    Tweet Over the next several weeks you are going to be tried, tempted, tested, and tormented by all sorts of savory, sweet and sugary snacks.  Too often people throw caution...

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  • Tweet What do an athlete, secretary, pilot, nurse, diabetic, infant, construction worker, and the President of the United States all have in common? Stumped? They all need more minerals in...

    Coconut Water: Healthy or Hype?

    Tweet What do an athlete, secretary, pilot, nurse, diabetic, infant, construction worker, and the President of the United States all have in common? Stumped? They all need more minerals in...

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  • Tweet How to Effectively Reduce Inflammation Achy back, sore knees, stiff neck, joint paint. Whether it’s getting out of bed, warming up on the range, post-workout soreness, physical trauma, or...

    The WHOLE Truth about Inflammation

    Tweet How to Effectively Reduce Inflammation Achy back, sore knees, stiff neck, joint paint. Whether it’s getting out of bed, warming up on the range, post-workout soreness, physical trauma, or...

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  • Tweet After extensive research, I’ve come to learn that humans have somehow survived for hundreds of thousands of years on foods that can’t be found in a cereal box, haven’t...

    The Top 5 Secret Superfoods You’re Not Eating…But Should Be!

    Tweet After extensive research, I’ve come to learn that humans have somehow survived for hundreds of thousands of years on foods that can’t be found in a cereal box, haven’t...

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  • Tweet Conveniently Unhealthy: Food Bars and Shakes In today’s quick fix society, we place a heavy reliance on supplemental food bars and shakes. Be it muscle gain, weight loss, or...

    Supplemental Bars and Shakes: Yay or Nay?

    Tweet Conveniently Unhealthy: Food Bars and Shakes In today’s quick fix society, we place a heavy reliance on supplemental food bars and shakes. Be it muscle gain, weight loss, or...

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  • Tweet Ever heard the saying “you are what you eat”? Well, that’s not exactly accurate. I prefer to say, “You are what you digest, absorb and assimilate.” The digestive system...

    The Flu, Immunity, and You

    Tweet Ever heard the saying “you are what you eat”? Well, that’s not exactly accurate. I prefer to say, “You are what you digest, absorb and assimilate.” The digestive system...

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  • Tweet Magnesium is a vital mineral that works synergistically in the body with calcium. We often hear about the necessity of calcium, however, rarely hear about the importance of magnesium...

    Magnesium… Sleep lately?

    Tweet Magnesium is a vital mineral that works synergistically in the body with calcium. We often hear about the necessity of calcium, however, rarely hear about the importance of magnesium...

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  • Tweet Whole grains are good for you, right? It seems that grains, whole or otherwise, have several potential problems that might just be causing more harm than good. For the...

    Whole Grains Are Good For You?

    Tweet Whole grains are good for you, right? It seems that grains, whole or otherwise, have several potential problems that might just be causing more harm than good. For the...

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  • Tweet It seems that for many, breakfast can be a challenging meal. What we’ve been told to eat, and what actually fuels us are two very different things. Therefore, I...

    Breakfast Rules!

    Tweet It seems that for many, breakfast can be a challenging meal. What we’ve been told to eat, and what actually fuels us are two very different things. Therefore, I...

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  • Tweet Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) in the stomach is a good thing. It is necessary to help us break down our foods so that the nutrients may be adequately absorbed for...

    Stomach Acid

    Tweet Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) in the stomach is a good thing. It is necessary to help us break down our foods so that the nutrients may be adequately absorbed for...

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  • Tweet Hormonal: The hormones estrogen, progesterone and cortisol all play a role in maintaining bone mass. Cortisol, like cortisone and prednisone, is a corticosteroid hormone. All corticosteroid hormones accelerate bone...

    Osteoporosis

    Tweet Hormonal: The hormones estrogen, progesterone and cortisol all play a role in maintaining bone mass. Cortisol, like cortisone and prednisone, is a corticosteroid hormone. All corticosteroid hormones accelerate bone...

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  • Tweet Hormonal: Insufficient stomach acid production leads to undigested protein sitting in the stomach. This undigested protein putrifies, rots, and releases organic acids that contribute to heartburn. Taking antacids does...

    Heart Burn/Reflux

    Tweet Hormonal: Insufficient stomach acid production leads to undigested protein sitting in the stomach. This undigested protein putrifies, rots, and releases organic acids that contribute to heartburn. Taking antacids does...

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  • Tweet Hormonal: The responsibility for hormone production shifts from the ovaries to the adrenals during menopause. The first step to correct the underlying causes of menopausal symptoms is assessing adrenal...

    Menopausal Symptoms

    Tweet Hormonal: The responsibility for hormone production shifts from the ovaries to the adrenals during menopause. The first step to correct the underlying causes of menopausal symptoms is assessing adrenal...

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  • Tweet Hormonal/Digestive: Balancing your hormones that control blood sugar is absolutely essential to preventing many types of headaches. Headaches are often nothing more than simply low blood sugar reaction. Weakened...

    Headaches

    Tweet Hormonal/Digestive: Balancing your hormones that control blood sugar is absolutely essential to preventing many types of headaches. Headaches are often nothing more than simply low blood sugar reaction. Weakened...

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  • Tweet Hormonal: Adrenal hormones regulate our 24-hour biological clock, or circadian rhythm. If this natural rhythm is disrupted, people experience sleep cycle disruption. Women frequently experience sleep problems due to...

    Insomnia

    Tweet Hormonal: Adrenal hormones regulate our 24-hour biological clock, or circadian rhythm. If this natural rhythm is disrupted, people experience sleep cycle disruption. Women frequently experience sleep problems due to...

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  • Tweet Hormonal: Balancing your hormones that control blood sugar is absolutely essential to losing weight and keeping weight off in a healthy manner. Most weight loss programs that ignore blood...

    Overweight

    Tweet Hormonal: Balancing your hormones that control blood sugar is absolutely essential to losing weight and keeping weight off in a healthy manner. Most weight loss programs that ignore blood...

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  • Tweet Fatigue can be due to food sensitivities, hormonal imbalances, and blood sugar problems. Hormonal: Adrenal hormones and thyroid hormones regulate energy levels. Digestive: Unstable blood sugar, over-consumption of carbohydrates...

    Fatigue

    Tweet Fatigue can be due to food sensitivities, hormonal imbalances, and blood sugar problems. Hormonal: Adrenal hormones and thyroid hormones regulate energy levels. Digestive: Unstable blood sugar, over-consumption of carbohydrates...

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  • Tweet Female Hormone Imbalance Hormonal: Adrenal hormones that underlie proper female hormone production are the leading cause of female hormone symptoms such as PMS and menopausal symptoms. Digestive: Unstable blood...

    Female Hormones

    Tweet Female Hormone Imbalance Hormonal: Adrenal hormones that underlie proper female hormone production are the leading cause of female hormone symptoms such as PMS and menopausal symptoms. Digestive: Unstable blood...

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  • Tweet Depression Hormonal: Most depression is related to adrenal or sex hormone imbalances. Lower than normal levels of DHEA, cortisol, testosterone, estrogen or progesterone will trigger a biomechanically induced depression....

    Depression

    Tweet Depression Hormonal: Most depression is related to adrenal or sex hormone imbalances. Lower than normal levels of DHEA, cortisol, testosterone, estrogen or progesterone will trigger a biomechanically induced depression....

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  • Tweet Have you ever heard the term “You Are What You Eat”? The way you feel each and every day is a reflection of how you take care of yourself....

    Metabolic Typing

    Tweet Have you ever heard the term “You Are What You Eat”? The way you feel each and every day is a reflection of how you take care of yourself....

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