How To Repair Your Gut After Antibiotics

How To Repair Your Gut After Antibiotics

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Antibiotics are powerful. Sometimes they’re essential; yet even when necessary, they often come with a cost. Because while antibiotics clear out harmful bacteria, they also sweep away the beneficial microbes that keep your digestion, immune system, mood, and energy in balance. They can be like using a flamethrower on a field.

You might notice the effects a few days or weeks later. Your digestion may feel off. Maybe you’re more bloated than usual, your skin flares, your sleep is disrupted, your energy dips, or you develop a yeast infection. For some, it’s a spike in anxiety or a general sense of feeling disconnected from their body. After all, your gut affects your mental health as well.

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6 Ways To Support Your Gut And Ease Anxiety

6 Ways To Support Your Gut And Ease Anxiety

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Anxiety can feel like it’s all in your head—thoughts racing, your chest tightening, a sense of unease you can’t quite shake. But what if I told you it might also be in your gut?

Your gut and your brain are in constant conversation, connected by the gut-brain axis. This two-way communication system means that what’s happening in your gut affects your mood, and your mental state can influence how your gut functions. It’s not just about digestion; it’s about how your entire body feels and functions.

Understanding this connection can be a game changer, especially if anxiety has been part of your story. The key lies in supporting your gut in ways that have an upstream influence in your mind. I will share 6 ways to support your gut and ease anxiety.

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Break Free From Chronic Disease

Break Free From Chronic Disease

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A growing number of people, from young adults to seniors, are being diagnosed with chronic diseases. Unlike acute illnesses, which come on suddenly and resolve fairly quickly, chronic diseases persist for months or even years, often requiring continuous management. Conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), autoimmune disorders, anxiety, depression, and even cancer can significantly impact daily life. But many are tired of the day-by-day management and want to know how to break free from chronic disease.

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Don't fear flu season. Build up your inner army

Build Up Your Inner Army

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We are now fully into fall and winter isn’t far away. This is the time of year that many people delight in cooler temperatures and beautiful foliage colors, while others fear “flu season.” If you find yourself catching whatever bug seems to be visiting your community, you may be in the latter category. No need to fear. My purpose today is to empower you to build up your inner army to fight on your behalf.

Many of us pay little attention to our bodies until we are hungry. We take for granted the amazing, unseen internal work that is happening every moment. Did you realize that your heart is pumping around 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers each day? Not only that, but your kidneys filter about 40 gallons of blood to produce 1-2 quarts of urine. And there are trillions of good bacteria – called the microbiome – on your skin and inside your body working tirelessly to protect you.

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Protect Yourself When Taking Antibiotics

Protect Yourself When Taking Antibiotics

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We have a bit of a love/hate relationship with bacteria. Many of us have grown up hearing adults warn us about germs – or bacteria. What we, and likely they, didn’t realize is that not all bacteria is bad for us.

In fact, there is a bustling community of bacteria, yeast, and viruses in our guts, and this community plays an important part in our health.

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Do You Struggle With Holiday Blues?

Do You Struggle With Holiday Blues?

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The Christmas season presents a wide array of stimulation for our senses. The music, images in commercials, colorful decorations, and the food … oh, the food. For many, these holiday hallmarks evoke joy in the season, but some struggle with holiday blues.

Surprisingly, a survey by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) shows that 64% of people experience holiday blues.

The holiday blues are “feelings of anxiety or depression during holidays that can be associated with extra stress, unrealistic expectations, or even memories that accompany the season.” These “blues” refer to sad feelings, yet those experiencing holiday blues may feel worried, frustrated, or even disappointed.

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Bloating – A Call For Action

Bloating – A Call For Action

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Are you one of the 20-30% of our population dealing with gas and bloating on a regular basis? It is an uncomfortable signal that your body – specifically your digestive tract – needs your help. Though it may seem to be your norm, bloating is a call for action on your body’s behalf.

Many experience this as abdominal distention after eating throughout the day. Some of my clients have called it their “food baby.” If this is you, do you find you need to loosen your belt or choose to wear an elastic waistband for greater comfort?

Or are you reluctant to eat very much because you get bloating and discomfort afterward? Yet lack of nutrition causes malnourishment and can lead to loss of muscle mass.

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Restore Your Gut Health with the 5R Approach

Restore Your Gut Health With The 5R Approach

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You may have been able to ignore digestive distress in the past, but I’m guessing that Thanksgiving made it a little more difficult. What are your digestive symptoms? Bloating, gas, indigestion, hiccups, pain, burping, or disrupted elimination? Many will simply take a medication for temporary relief, not realizing that their body is sending a cry for help. Let’s review ways to restore your gut health with the 5R approach.

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Do You Have Leaky Gut?

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While some fences are effective even when you can see through them, others are only effective when they form a full barrier. This is the case for the junction between your small intestines and your bloodstream. When this internal fence isn’t tight, you have what is called “leaky gut” and this can lead to downstream dis-ease. Do you have leaky gut?

What Is Leaky Gut?

Our gut barrier has the job of letting nutrients into the body while keeping toxins, viruses, parasites and unfriendlies out. When its integrity is impaired, harmful organisms or substances can leak into the bloodstream. Hence the term leaky gut. Read more

You’ve likely heard of food referred to as fuel. But that falls short of reality. Food is far more than fuel, it is also information.

Food Is Far More Than Fuel

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You’ve likely heard of food referred to as fuel – I’ve even spoken that way in the past. But I’m realizing that it’s an analogy that falls short of reality. Food is far more than fuel, it is also information.

Food is what gives your body the energy and nutrients it needs to function. Your body requires fats, proteins and carbs, along with lots of micronutrients – vitamins, minerals and other compounds. All these help it functional properly. Read more