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Emily Wolbers, ND
- Oct 4, 2019
- 2 min
I Hit My Head. Why Does That Matter?
Many of my patients come to see me for digestive health, so why on earth would I ask them about past head injuries? Here's why: Brain injuries affect the microbiome! As I was nerding out in my free time, I came across a 2018 research review on TBIs - traumatic brain injuries - and their effect on immunity, inflammation, and the gut microbiome. Most of this research is hot off the press, and what is shown is that brain injuries start a cascade of events within 2 hours of the T
Emily Wolbers, ND
- Sep 20, 2019
- 1 min
Heal a Leaky Gut
Worried you might have leaky gut? No need to fret! There are many treatment options for healing the gut and decreasing intestinal hyperpermeability (fancy name for leaky gut). This list of gut healing treatments was overwhelming to me, and I'm a gut health nerd! So here it is in simple cliff note terms: How to heal a leaky gut cliff notes: Balance the flora - find and get rid of any bacterial, viral, or yeast overgrowth in the GI tract. This can be done with a breath test/st
Emily Wolbers, ND
- Sep 13, 2019
- 2 min
The How & Why of Leaky Gut
I love stumbling upon notes from medical school. There's some good stuff in there! One of my favorite topics, by far, was and is leaky gut. Leaky gut also known as intestinal hyperpermeability, is when the cells in the intestines are no longer tight and instead have too much space between them. Intestinal cells are normally held together by a mechanism called tight junctions. Normally tight junctions allow water and small particles to pass through. When tight junctions are n
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