Love Your Guts: Valentine's Day Gift Guide
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With Valentine’s Day around the corner, I thought it would be a good time to share a few of my favorite products to send a little love to your guts this holiday!
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Simple Ways to Reset Your Gut Health for the New Year
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After the holidays, it is common to feel like your gut needs a reset. Between indulging in rich foods, holiday treats, and festive drinks, your digestive system might feel a bit off. The good news? Your gut is incredibly resilient. Research shows that the microbiome can start to shift and rebalance in just 24 hours. So, while it might feel like you’ve overdone it, it's never too late to hit the reset button and get your gut health back on track for the New Year.
Here are some simple, effective ways to reset your gut and start the year feeling your best.
Read MoreKitchen Gift Guide
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As the holiday season approaches, I’ve curated a collection of my favorite kitchen items. Perfect for gifting or as a thoughtful hostess present.
Read MoreStaying Gut Healthy During the Holidays
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Check out my segment on Arizona Family News, where I shared my top tips for staying healthy this holiday season. The holidays don’t have to derail your health goals! You don’t need to wait until the new year to prioritize your well-being. By incorporating a few simple strategies into your daily routine, you can mitigate the effects of holiday indulgence and set yourself up for a healthy start to the new year!
Check out my gut-healthy online meal delivery to make eating healthier throughout the holidays easier. I ship my freshly prepared, gut-healthy meals and bone broth nationwide!
Eating for Digestive Health: Tips for Relief
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In this month’s guest blog series for US Wellness Meats, I’m sharing my top tips for alleviating digestive issues like bloating and belly discomfort. Many of my nutrition clients frequently struggle with these concerns, especially after meals. It’s no surprise, considering that approximately 60 to 70 million Americans are affected by digestive diseases, according to the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA). This includes conditions such as acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). For more insights, be sure to read my full article on the blog!
Read MoreGut-Health for Back-to-School
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I have written a series of monthly blog posts as a guest contributor on US Wellness Meats Blog. This month, I am sharing my tips for back-to-school and the importance of supporting gut health to maintain optimal health this school season. With nearly the entire immune system residing in the gut, supporting the gut is the best way to stay healthy this school year! Read more about my tips to stay healthy and what constitutes a healthy gut, and share my favorite Bacon & Egg Cup recipe for an easy grab-and-go breakfast option in my blog post.
Read More4 Ways to Maintain Gut Health During Summer Travel
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As we head into the busy summer travel season, it’s important to take care of our gut health. Here are a few of my top tips to help maintain a healthy gut this summer.
Read MoreSpring Clean Your Gut: 4 Tips for a Natural Cleanse
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We're officially one month into the spring season, which is the perfect time to get serious about your gut health. With all the gut health trends, fads, and diets out there, it's time for a simple way to spring clean your gut — one that's convenient and easy to commit to. I encourage my clients to forget the all-or-nothing method and instead start incorporating a few easy tips to kickstart their health journey. Get ready to feel amazing this season, travel without feeling bloated and sick, and start healing your gut. Here are 4 ways to naturally cleanse your gut.
Read More6 Ways to Digest Foods Better
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As a nutritional therapist and certified GAPS practitioner, I know the importance of gut health and how it can affect your everyday life. By incorporating a few gut-health tips for digestion, you can start feeling better after eating without having to crash and take a nap or live with discomfort.
Read MoreHigh Healthcare Costs May Have Saved Me
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Like many Americans, I also feel we need some medical reform. It does not seem fair that healthcare, our basic life foundation, comprises astronomical prices, subpar care, and unreliable coverage. However, as someone who tries to find the silver lining in every situation, I feel that high healthcare costs may have been advantageous. Perhaps the dysfunction of the healthcare system saved me rather than hindered my ability to heal.
Read More5 Reasons Why You Need a Gut Reset
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Is your gut feeling off? Maybe you're feeling a little more fatigued, bloated, constipated, or the opposite. If so, you're not alone. Many of us struggle with digestive issues, especially in today's fast-paced world filled with processed foods, stress, and environmental toxins. With spring and summer coming up, now is the perfect time to take only three days out of your normal eating patterns and focus on nutritious foods that will not only reset your gut — but help you feel amazing in your body.
Read MoreKey Principles of the GAPS (Gut & Psychology Syndrome) Diet
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The Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS) Diet is designed to heal the gut and restore the balance of beneficial organisms in the microbiome, or collection of good bacteria and fungi that reside in the gut. Developed by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, a neurologist and nutritionist, the GAPS Diet recognizes the profound connection between the gut and overall health, particularly in relation to mental well-being.
Read MoreAs Seen on Colorado's Own 2 News -- Gut Healthy BBQ Recipes
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Carley Smith, aka Fairy Gutmother, demoed a couple tasty summertime dishes that also support the gut, like her Cucumber Onion Salad and a couple Kombucha Floats. So tasty and refreshing!
Read MoreNext to Madison Podcast
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I was excited to be featured on the Next to Madison Podcast talking all about gut health from foods to eat and avoid, how to tell if you have gut issues and how to fix them, the best supplements, and the latest (and not so greatest) trends in the microbiome world. Check out the full podcast HERE!
Read MoreTrue Wellness RX Podcast
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Tune in and hear about all things gut health from foods to eat and avoid, how I break down gut health from bacteria to fungi as well as biofilms, and talk about my healing journey with Lyme disease, plus so much more!
Read MoreAs Seen On Colorado’s Own 2 News -- All Things Gut Health →
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It’s time to check your gut. The Fairy Gut Mother Carley Smith wants you to listen to your gut, including recipes to help us feed it when it needs it.
Our Fairy Gut Mothers says it’s always important to pay attention to our gut, but it knows what’s going on in the inside of your body.
You can get to know your gut tomorrow at the Alfalfa’s Market in Boulder, it’s the Get Your Gut In Gear: Gut Health Reboot for Spring event and the cost is free!
Read MoreAs Seen On Colorado’s Own 2 News -- Gut Healthy Back to School Snacks
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It’s back to school time and that’s also when parents ask almost daily, “what’s for lunch?” Carley Smith, our very own Fairy Gutmother is here to share a few healthy lunchbox ideas and how to keep our little one’s immune systems up through food.
Read MorePaleo Magazine: Depression -- In the First or Second Brain?
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Today, it is estimated that one out of every five American adults suffers from a mental-health condition (43.7 million Americans--more than the combined populations of New York and Florida), and the statistuc only seems to be worsening. Additionally, from 2011 to 2014, rates of youth depression increased 8.5% to 11.1 percent; many youth are unable to access adequate treatment.
The medical establishment blames brain-based imbalances for this epidemic. But could it be due to gut dysfunction?
Read MoreCO Yoga + Life Magazine -- Meditation For A Healthy Gut
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Meditation: the art of skillfully taming the mind, bringing intention inward and inviting relaxation and ease into the body. There are countless health benefits of meditation, primarily its proven ability to help reduce stress levels, combat anxiety and depression and lower blood pressure, to name a few. Gut health, I would imagine, is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about the health benefits of meditation. However, our thoughts, feelings and emotions significantly influence the overall wellbeing of our microbiome which is home to nearly eighty percent of the immune system! Before we dive into more detail on the relationship between our emotional state and the gut, let’s first define what constitutes gut health.
Read MoreMindBodyGreen: 3 Yoga Poses For Your Healthiest Gut Ever
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With nearly 80 percent of the immune system located in the gut, gut health is rapidly becoming a widely discussed topic as it relates to optimal health. It is estimated that virtually 30 to 40 percent of the population suffer from digestive-related issues, making digestion and gut health a critical component of overall well-being. When you think of supporting gut health, yoga, I would imagine, is not the first thing that comes to mind. However, healing is an integrative approach, and it is as important to nourish the physical body as it is to incorporate other modalities.
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