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In this week’s episode of Healthspan Academy, we venture into Naturopathic Medicine together with Dr. Laura Brown. We chatted about the nature of alternative medicine as a distinctive method of healing, the importance of a balanced diet in a healthy lifestyle, elimination diets, and how gut health connects to the mind, body, and soul.
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Please join us with Dr. Laura M.Brown, ND on the “Create Your Holistic Lifestyle Show”, hosted by Johnathan Colbert, Dr. Nathan Rabb Jr., Camille James, and Dr. Brook Lyons.
We are going to talk about Dr. Brown’s Amazon bestseller book Beyond Digestion, How Gut Health Connects to Your Mind, Body, and Soul.
More about Dr. Brown https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurambrown/, her practice , and her book https://geni.us/BeyondDigestion.
Sleep, Pain and Vitamin D
Low level of vitamin D is connected to painful conditions such as fibromyalgia, and rheumatic diseases[i]. Infectious, autoimmune and neurological diseases, as well as neuromuscular disorders, which can lead to increased pain sensitivity are also linked to insufficient Vitamin D status[ii]. Low levels of vitamins D is also associated with poor sleep quality.
Sleep is a complex interactive state full of restorative and intense metabolic activity. Chronic sleep and circadian rhythm disruption, …
The GUT-SOUL Axis
Your gut is your primary sensing organ. It may as well have antennae sticking out of it.
Did you know your gut senses, your heart feels and your mind thinks? Of course you do. But did you know it happens in this order?
Learn this and more about your gut-soul axis in the fifty third episode of Timmy Bauer's Purpose Driven Entrepreneur podcast.
Summer is Small Intestine Time
Our small intestine is critically important for nutrient absorption. The warmth of the summer months with plenty of fresh seasonable vegetables and fruits available, provides a perfect platform for digestive health. Read on to find out how the small intestine health is linked to bad breath, rosacea, acid reflux, achy muscles and joints, diarrhea, constipation and more.
SIBO
SIBO, or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, can result from inflammation, stagnant food, or lazy valves. Sometim…
Fasting
Whether you want to ward off infection, seek Spiritual connection, need a gut microbe rhythm reset, or help with insulin and blood sugar regulation, digestive rest or fasting may be something to consider.
Fight Infection
“Starve a fever.” Rest, fever, and fasting are part of the secret recipe to fight infection. Where does most of the war rage? At least 70 percent in the gut. If the gut is busy digesting food, it struggles to focus on warding off infection.
Our bodies are designed to heal…
Gut-Liver Axis
The liver is literally downstream of anything in the gut.
Poor gut health, over time leads to poor liver health. And 39% of non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients have leaky gut. Although metabolic syndrome is the strongest factor in NAFLD, gut dysbiosis is tightly linked to both metabolic syndrome and NAFLD.
Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an epidemic - it is a disease that has rapidly spread to a large number of individuals within a short period of time. It ha…
The Good Mood
Join my colleague, Dr. Talia Marcheggiani, ND and me in her "The Good Mood Podcast" episode 45.
Here's what Dr. Talia has to say:
"We've talked digestion on The Good Mood Podcast: the structure and function of the vagus nerve and how putting your hands on can help diagnose and treat disease with Dr. David Miller, the gut microbiome and your trillions of little friends with Dr. Kim Bretz. BUT we can never talk too much digestion. As Dr. Laura shows us, there are multiple multiple angles at w…
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Leaky Gut?
We have skin on the outside and skin within. Our skin within, which is our gastrointestinal lining, is very thin. When there is gastrointestinal inflammation, there is irritation and inflammation of the lining of the gastrointestinal tract. This can lead to a degeneration of the barrier that separates you from the outside world. Things that should stay in the gut get into the bloodstream, and thus the term "leaky gut". This means toxins, and even pieces of undigested food that would normally …