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Is the Gut the Key to Healing Autoimmunity?
Written by Jonah Udall; Select sections of article written by and article reviewed by Dr. Bojana Jankovic Weatherly. If you or someone you love has an autoimmune disease, you know that these are some of the most challenging chronic conditions to live with. As many as...
Elimination Diet 101
What is an Elimination Diet? An elimination diet is a type of nutritional plan that can help you determine foods that cause gastrointestinal distress and sources of certain chronic, inflammatory conditions. Elimination diets can be effective in determining food...
Food Sensitivities: What They Are, When They Matter, and How to Heal: Focus on IBS, Migraines and Depression – Part 2
In our last article, we discussed the evidence that food sensitivities may play a role in some common, chronic conditions. Blood testing for immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies against everyday foods reveals significantly higher reactivity among people with symptoms as...
Food Sensitivities: What They Are, When They Matter, and How to Heal: Focus on IBS, Migraines, and Depression – Part 1
Do you have chronic symptoms that come and go, and suspect that something in your diet might be to blame? You’re not alone, as many as 20% of American adults have self-reported food sensitivities, and the number is rising. 1 But how do we really know if a particular...
Your Second Skin: How Treating the Gut Could Help Your Skin Health
Skin troubles may be a sign of what’s going on in the gut. What protects your body from the outside world? You probably first think of your skin. Your skin is an incredible organ (yes, it is an organ!) that keeps your insides in and the outside out. It is large, too;...
How to Stay Safe in the Sun and Choose the Right Sunscreen
While we should use sunscreen throughout the year, it is the summer months that we should be particularly cautious about our sun exposure! Just in time, EWG has published the up to date Guide to Sunscreens that provides information on sunscreens that offer...
Elemental Diet For The Treatment of SIBO
An elemental diet for 14-21 days has also been shown to be effective in improving bowel symptoms and eradicating small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). When individuals were tested on day 15, 80% of them showed resolution of SIBO. When the elemental diet was...
What Are the Conventional and Integrative Treatments For SIBO?
In this article, we will discuss integrative medicine modalities for SIBO treatment (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth). To learn more about SIBO symptoms and testing, bookmark this article. There are several categories of treatments for SIBO that we will focus...
How Do I Know If I Have SIBO?
What is SIBO? SIBO stands for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. It is a condition whereby certain types of bacteria, those that produce hydrogen gas, overgrow in the small intestine, thereby causing a constellation of symptoms. What is IMO? IMO stands for...