healthy bacteria
Your Microbiome In Your Gut Is Really Your Second Brain – What??
Your Microbiome Is Really Your Second Brain – What?? So, if you’re like most people, your first thought about bacteria is that they cause sickness and diseases. But in reality, we’re teaming with beneficial bacteria that not only keep you healthy but also make up your microbiome – your unique internal ecosystem that benefits your […]
Improve Your Gut Health With 3 Simple Steps
Improve Your Gut Health With 3 Simple Steps Your body is host to unbelievable quantities of microorganisms that inhabit every nook and cranny of their host – that’s you! But it’s in your gut – or gastrointestinal tract – That the largest collections of these microorganisms reside. The combination of these good and bad bacteria, […]
Improve Your Gut Health To Boost Your Immune System
Boost Your Immune System By Improving Your Gut Health How well your immune system works is directly related to your gut health and the condition of your microbiome. In fact, it’s now thought that somewhere between 70% and 85% of your immune system actually lives in your gastrointestinal tract! With well over 500 hundred species […]
Fermented Foods and Your Gut Health
Fermented Foods and Your Gut Health For thousands of years, people have been using fermentation as a way to preserve foods. Resulting in most countries of the world have their own particular, traditional fermented food. As well as being a way to preserve foods, when you eat these fermented foods it helps to restore a […]
Change Your Diet to Improve Your Gut Health
Change Your Diet to Improve Your Gut Health The average Western diet has become one of the worst diets for gut health. With a high proportion of processed foods, artificial sweeteners, refined sugars and corn syrup and a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables, it’s not surprising that your gut is complaining and causing problems […]
Probiotics 101
Probiotics 101 For your gut to be in tip-top condition it needs to be teeming with good bacteria. You can accomplish this through a plant-rich diet that provides plenty of healthy fibre. If your gut is healthy and balanced it will have a huge impact on both your physical and mental health. Probiotics are the […]
Your Microbiome and Diet Connection
They say “You are what you eat”, but it’s not that simple. It’s not as snappy, but it should be “Your gut health depends on what you eat”, because both your mental and physical health are directly affected by the health of your gut and its microbiome. Every healthy body had colonies of micro-organisms […]
How Your Gut Bacteria Affect Your Health
How Gut Bacteria Affect Your Health. I think we’re all aware these days that the bacteria in our guts play an important role in digestion by helping to ensure we get the nutrients we need from our food. In addition, they’re used by your system to help with the production of B vitamins and […]
What Is Your Microbiome?
What Is Your Microbiome? Everybody has bacteria on their skin and inside their bodies. In fact, we now know that we each have more bacteria than cells in our bodies! These micro-organisms exist in every single nook, cranny and space in our bodies. And it is in our gut – or gastrointestinal tract – that […]