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The gut-brain connection has been present since the beginning of humankind, but the research on this connection has expanded significantly in the past decade. Though the research is showing us more and more ways the gut and the brain communicate with each other, we still have unanswered questions: how does the microbiome affect a person’s mood? Can we modify the microbiome to support mental health? Where do probiotics come into play? This is what we’ll focus on today: probi

Though I'm a big fan of expressing your true emotions, this post is about herbal bitters. The kind that you put in cocktails and the kind...

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

Ah the microbiome, a hot topic in today's world though something that has been present since the beginning of humankind. Think of the...