We take digestion for granted. Food in, waste out. There is an immense amount more to it, and your health depends on optimized digestion.
After eating, your body should receive and appreciate the nourishment you provided. Is that your experience?
Consistent indigestion, acid reflux, etc signal your body isn’t appreciative. In addition, suboptimal digestion can cause symptoms
How about brain fog? Countless people accept that as normal after eating – it is not!
Digestive System
Let’s start with an overly simple look at your digestive system. You swallow food, it heads south to the stomach where an acidic environment allows protein breakdown and antimicrobial support.
Disruptors can enter it any step of the process. First, we require an appropriate level of acidity. Acid levels decrease naturally with age and artificially by medications.
Digestive Problems
Gallbladder troubles? The gallbladder stores bile used in digesting fats. The low fat mantra could cause a backup of bile leading to stones and potentially gallbladder removal – this is unacceptable. Further, certain foods that contain lectins can precipitate gallstones. Please read this article if you or someone you know
Histamine containing foods are prevalent and can be troublesome for many. Further, genetic variations make processing histamine more difficult.
Digestive Fixes
The digestive system has many overlapping parts and requires individual assessments to proceed. Please reach out for a free consulatation.
I normally start with assessing acidity though. There are a couple options that can
Then looking at avoidances. Did you know Roundup (glyphosate), the most common herbicide in the world, was first patented as an antibiotic? Buying probiotic
Triggers such as grains and lectins are relevant for many and offer methods to validate this
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Sorting this out can be a chore, but that is the reason we offer this service. Further, the effort is superior to suppressing symptoms by drugs such as proton pump inhibitors that cause deleterious effects. Please reach out for a free consultation.
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