Gut Dysbiosis Or Why Does It Feel Like A Space Alien Has Taken Up Residence...
In the previous two posts which you can find here and here, I talked about the different types of gut flora and their physiological functions. In this post, I want to talk about what can go terribly...
View ArticleAntibiotics And Gut Flora: Just How Bad Is The Damage?
I want to start this post by saying that I would not want to live in a world without effective antibiotics. Countless lives have been saved because of these miraculous drugs and modern medicine as we...
View ArticleSmall Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: Part Seven, The Role of Plant Lectins
We calculate that 99.99% (by weight) of the pesticides in the American diet are chemicals that plants produce to defend themselves….We estimate that Americans eat about 1.5g of natural pesticides per...
View ArticleSmall Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, Part Eight: Treatment Options For SIBO
This is the eighth and last installment of the Syontix series on small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). In this post, I want to talk about treatment options for SIBO. Antibiotics Assuming you...
View ArticleInsulin Resistance, Diabetes and Endotoxemia
This subject is near and dear to my heart because of that good-looking pooch in the picture. Gorky was an exceptionally beautiful Siberian Husky with piercing blue eyes and the personality of a...
View ArticleHow Your Gut Flora Shapes Your Immune System
In this post, I want to talk about how your gut flora is an integral player in the development and health of your immune system. Up until now, I’ve talked about how a compromised gut-wall barrier can...
View ArticleConstipation: What If I’m Already Gluten-Free?
In the last post, I told you how the consumption of gluten-grains is the number one dietary reason for constipation. However, it isn’t the only reason you may have trouble going to the bathroom. A...
View ArticleThere’s Nothing Infantile About Bifidobacterium Infantis
Continuing with my coverage of regulatory tight-junction proteins and gut-barrier function, today I want to examine the role of a particular member of our beneficial gut flora community. A 2008 study...
View ArticleWhy Raw Garlic May Be Your Gut’s Best Friend
Those who read my small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) series know that I credit garlic, along with probiotics and prebiotics, for helping me cure myself of it. I described my experience in...
View ArticleCrohn’s Disease And The Yeast Connection
Revised 9/14/13 This is quick post alerting my readers to some new research about Crohn’s disease (CD). CD is an inflammatory, autoimmune bowel disease that can affect any part of the digestive...
View ArticleThe More Diverse Your Gut Flora, The Better
When it comes to gut flora, the more research I do on this subject, the more clear it becomes that we have just scratched the surface of understanding what this organ does for us. And no, the word...
View ArticleGastroesophageal Reflux Disease – Part One: Definition
“We look for medicine to be an orderly field of knowledge and procedure. But it is not. It is an imperfect science, an enterprise of constantly changing knowledge, uncertain information, fallible...
View ArticleShort-Term Antibiotics And Gut Flora
I’ve written a lot on this blog about the many dietary practices that can make gut dysbiosis worse. However, it’s clear from the emails I get that many people trace their gastrointestinal distress to...
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