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Transform your life through education and good nutrition
Gut health is revolutionizing our approach to health, and it is clear that optimizing it is one of the most effective ways to enhance overall health and wellbeing.
My mission is to help you transform your health and change your life by empowering you with practical and easy-to-digest, evidence-based advice and support, using foods and key nutrients specifically targeted to boost gut health.
Optimizing gut health is one of the most effective ways to enhance your overall health and wellbeing.
An unhealthy gut doesn’t just cause digestive distress—it contributes to everything from obesity and diabetes to autoimmune disease to skin disorders.
Over the past two decades, our understanding of the composition and functions of the community of trillions of bacteria living in our gut (collectively known as the gut microbiota) has increased exponentially. It has become evident that it plays a key role in maintaining the function and integrity of the gut, and that disrupting its balance can contribute to a wide range of diseases.
A healthy and diverse gut microbiota has become associated with promotion of overall health, management and maintenance of different gut-related and non gut-related conditions, and also improved happiness.
In contrast, an imbalanced gut microbiota can contribute to a wide range of conditions external to the gut, including diabetes, obesity, rheumatoid arthritis, autism spectrum disorder, depression, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
MODERN LIFESTYLE FACTORS THAT DIRECTLY DISRUPT THE COMPOSITION OF THE MICROBIOTA
- Antibiotics and other medications such as birth control pills and painkillers.
- Diets high in refined carbohydrates, sugar and processed foods.
- Diets low in fermentable fibers.
- Dietary toxins like wheat and industrial seed oils that may cause leaky gut.
- Chronic stress and lack of sleep.
- Type of birth (Vaginal vs.C-section).
- Environmental Toxins.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
- Educate yourself and those around you.
- Eat the 3 P’s for gut health: Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Polyphenols.
- Start a meditation practice.
- Move more.
In these pages you will find reliable nutrition and health education that will equip you with the tools you need to make a conscientious lifestyle shift.
Begin your transformation by making informed choices and creating habits that can warranty your success.
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