Food can be your greatest healing support or your biggest roadblock to improving. Figuring out how to slash inflammation with food is always not easy but doable. I’m working on …
A blood test that gives you clues about what’s wrong
I have written extensively about how the GI Map. It has made a huge difference in the success rates of my clients. That’s why I’ve been able to publish so …
How I got over anxiety and depression
Anxiety and stress put a great strain on the adrenals and when the adrenals crash they bring the gut down with it. This can result in increased inflammation, anxiety, depression, …
Using binders for IBS
While binders are a great support for people suffering from IBS, they don’t get as much attention as popular products like probiotics, antimicrobials or prokinetics. Binders are commonly used to …
How to prevent leaky gut from pain meds
Two of the common triggers of IBS are antibiotics and use/overuse of pain medication (over the counter and prescribed non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like opiates/pain meds and over …
How Crystal reduced her thyroid antibodies by healing her gut
For years, I read that autoimmune disease starts in the gut. But then I got to see it in action. My friend Crystal lowered her thyroid antibodies and reduced her …
Katya’s IBS Healing Success story
How to heal from IBS When I had IBS, reading about other people’s healing success stories was my mental health lifeline. Because I was trying to heal my gut with …
What are prebiotics and who should take them?
One of the most interesting and promising research topics in IBS is the biome, the unique bacterial ecology in our belly which regulates our immune system, mood and digestive function. …
The IBS mold connection
Unfortunately after living in a moldy apartment for a year, I have added mold toxicity/illness to my knowledge bank. What I discovered in my research is that mold effects the …
How travel effects IBS
Traveling can be tough for people with IBS-D (diarrhea predominant) and traveling (particularly airplane travel) can worsen constipation. But new research on the microbiome has shown that traveling through time …