gut health
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WellnessSee articleWebinar Replay: How to Heal Your Gut and Transform Your Health with Plants, featuring Dr. Will Bulsiewicz
Good health starts with a healthy gut. Did you know that most of your immune system resides in your gut, along with 99.5 percent of your genetic code? It’s also home to trillions of microbes—aka your gut microbiome—that help keep your body running like a well-oiled machine. A healthy microbiome is the key to boosting […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHospitalized with Ulcerative Colitis, I Turned to a Plant-Based Diet to Help Heal Myself
In 2012, I was teaching English in Japan when one day I found myself having to make a lot of urgent bathroom trips. I figured that I must have some kind of food poisoning, so I just let it go for a few days. Then I noticed blood in my stool. I also started to […] -
Success StoriesSee articleA Plant-Based Diet Freed Me After Decades of Digestive Distress and Gastrointestinal Issues
I’ve been plagued by gastrointestinal issues since infancy. As a child I went through extensive allergy testing and discovered I had a multitude of food allergies, including soy, tree nuts, peanuts, and shellfish. Avoiding my dietary allergens offered minimal gastrointestinal improvement. I figured I’d just need to live with the pain forever. Bogged Down by […] -
WellnessSee articleHow to Prep for Your Colonoscopy While Eating Plant-Based
For the past several decades, mortality rates for colorectal cancer have been on the decline, thanks in part to an increase in colonoscopies and other screening procedures. Having been diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer at age 36, I’ve had more than half a dozen colonoscopies in the past 10 years to prevent a recurrence […] -
WellnessSee articleWebinar Replay: How to Eat to Relieve IBS and Heal Your Gut with Dr. Angie Sadeghi
A puzzling chronic disorder that affects more women than men, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can be relatively mild, or it can seriously interfere with your daily life. Symptoms often include abdominal pain, gas, bloating, diarrhea, and constipation. In this webinar, integrative gastroenterologist Angie Sadeghi, MD, shares the latest on what doctors know about IBS and […] -
Success StoriesSee articleFaced with Gastric Bypass Surgery, I Tried a Plant-Based Diet Instead
I’m from Kansas City and grew up on barbecue. I ate a lot of ribs, chicken, brisket, and pulled pork. I began to struggle with excess weight when I was 8 years old, and as an adult, I became morbidly obese. At 44, I was diagnosed with six serious health conditions all at the same […] -
WellnessSee articleIs the Paleo Diet Good for Gut Health? We Finally Have an Answer
For years now, the Paleo diet has been heralded by its believers as the optimal diet for gut health. This was based on speculation, as there wasn’t a study to support or refute this claim—until now. A new study suggests that strict adherence to this dietary pattern may do more harm than good to the […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow I Beat IBS and Acid Reflux with a Plant-Based Diet
Growing up in a Jewish household, food was central to every occasion. Lox and bagels with cream cheese, chicken soup, brisket, and corned beef were some of the common foods on the table. I was eating a typical Standard American Diet (SAD) until I was around 40 years old. As far back as I can remember, […] -
WellnessSee articleWhy Feeding Your Gut Bacteria Might Be the Secret to Better Health
Our gut bacteria influence our health in profound ways. They help digest food, make key nutrients, fight harmful organisms, protect our gut lining, train our immune systems, turn genes on and off, regulate gut hormones, and possibly even affect mood and cravings. Gut bacterial changes are closely linked to autoimmunity, inflammation, body weight, diabetes, cancer, […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow I Conquered Severe Depression with a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet
Less than two years ago, I remember driving home from work and repeatedly thinking, “I should just go home and hang myself.” By all measures, I should have been happy. I had a good, well-paying job, a beautiful wife who loved and cared for me and whom I loved, and a wonderful home. This didn’t […]
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