What to Eat To Improve Your Gut Health Home to the densest population of microbes in the human body, the gut plays an important role in immune health, mental health, and overall wellness. Leaky gut and other digestive problems can prevent the gut from functioning as it should. Fortunately, the gut has the ability to…
What Components Are Found in Colostrum?
Colostrum is the “first food of life,” and it helps promote newborn growth and development. All mammalian mothers produce colostrum late in pregnancy and in the first few days after the birth of their young. Colostrum contains a plethora of substances which ensure these newborns can get the nutrients they need to thrive. Animal babies…
How Consuming Soft Drinks Can Affect Your Gut Health
Whether you call it soda, pop, or coke, soft drinks have become ubiquitous refreshments, providing consumers with a cool, sweet beverage on the hottest days. Unfortunately, the modern soft drink is packed with sugar or artificial sweeteners while providing very little in terms of actual nutrition. What’s worse, sodas may actually be harming your gut…
7 Signs You Have Leaky Gut
Leaky gut is an increasingly pervasive health disorder in Western societies. It occurs when the lining of the small intestine becomes excessively permeable (develops “holes”), and as such, leads to the crossover of toxins, negative elements, and undigested food particles into the bloodstream. Once these foreign substances crossover, the immune system attacks them. Eventually, the…
Why You Should Choose Fat Over Carbs
Carbohydrates represent a primary source of energy for the body. They help power the brain, heart, kidneys, muscles, and central nervous system. A diet that is carbohydrate-deficient may result in occasional constipation, fatigue, headaches, and other physical symptoms. Why You Should Choose Fat Over Carbs was last modified: January 11th, 2023 by Samantha Lander
Promoting Your Children’s Gut Health
The human microbiome is comprised of the trillions of bacteria populating the human gastrointestinal system. This collective of microorganisms is complex enough that some experts have begun to consider it as its own organ system. It makes sense that the gut microbiome plays a role in digestion and metabolism, but it may also play an…
Detoxing with Colostrum-LD®: Here’s What You Need to Know
Leaky gut perpetuates the toxic effects of what we ingest when substances “leak” into the bloodstream. Without supporting the gut, detoxing is at best a temporary fix. Detoxing with Colostrum-LD®: Here’s What You Need to Know was last modified: January 13th, 2023 by Samantha Lander
Colostrum and the Gut-Brain Axis
Your body is home to trillions of microbes. Most are harmless, but many play active roles in your health. A large portion of helpful bacteria can be found in your stomach and intestines, ensuring healthy digestion and metabolism so that you can get as much nutrition from your food as possible. However, growing research suggests…
The Harmful Effects of Glyphosate
Glyphosate is found in many popular foods, including a wide range of cookies, crackers, cold cereals, and even those that are labeled as “organic”. Glyphosate drift appears to be a bigger problem than anyone might think. If glyphosate-treated crops are near to organic crops, the glyphosate can drift during aerial spraying, thus contaminating the organic…
3 Things You Need to Know About Vital C-LD®
Think you’re getting enough vitamin C? Think again. Your diet and supplemental vitamin C may seem like the amount your body needs, but most of this vital nutrient isn’t absorbed. As a result, you’re probably missing out on an essential vitamin that has been shown to help safeguard the body against immune system deficiencies, cardiovascular…