Staying 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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Eating for Digestive Health: Tips for Relief

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!

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Gut-Health for Back-to-School

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Gut-Health for Back-to-School

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.

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Spring Clean Your Gut: 4 Tips for a Natural Cleanse

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Spring Clean Your Gut: 4 Tips for a Natural Cleanse

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.

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High Healthcare Costs May Have Saved Me

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High Healthcare Costs May Have Saved Me

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.

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5 Reasons Why You Need a Gut Reset

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5 Reasons Why You Need a Gut Reset

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.

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Key Principles of the GAPS (Gut & Psychology Syndrome) Diet

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Key Principles of the GAPS (Gut & Psychology Syndrome) Diet

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.

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As Seen On Colorado’s Own 2 News -- All Things Gut Health →

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As Seen On Colorado’s Own 2 News -- All Things Gut Health

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!

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Paleo Magazine: Depression -- In the First or Second Brain?

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Paleo Magazine: Depression -- In the First or Second Brain?

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?

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CO Yoga + Life Magazine -- Meditation For A Healthy Gut

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CO Yoga + Life Magazine -- Meditation For A Healthy Gut

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.

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MindBodyGreen: 3 Yoga Poses For Your Healthiest Gut Ever

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MindBodyGreen: 3 Yoga Poses For Your Healthiest Gut Ever

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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The Modern Eater: Junk Food Vs. Stress: What's Worse For Your Gut Health?

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The Modern Eater: Junk Food Vs. Stress: What's Worse For Your Gut Health?

Forget Junk Food: STRESS May Be WORSE For Your Gut!

I talk a lot about gut health being more of a lifestyle rather than a diet, mainly because of the negative impact of stress on the body. In fact, stress has been noted to be more damaging on the gut than junk food, making our lifestyle choices and stress management critical components in order to maintain optimal health.

The human body was not designed to handle prolonged periods of stress. Sure, it can handle the stress of a deadline at work or (most) family holiday gatherings, but the chronic everyday stress is the most important.

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Yoga + Life Magazine: The Benefits of Bone Broth

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Yoga + Life Magazine: The Benefits of Bone Broth

Bone broth is the newest health trend brewing up quite the buzz. Unlike the buzz from your morning long shot double espresso or perhaps your hand crafted, muddled old fashioned, this particular buzz resonates within your core, leaving you glowing from the inside out. The reason is simple and can be explained in two words: gut health.

Nearly your entire immune system is located in the gut, making gut health a primary concern when considering optimal health. Gut health is defined as a healthy balance of bacteria, or microbiome, and fungi, or mycobiome, in the gut as well as a healed and sealed gut lining.

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Preparedness is in the GUT: How Lyme Disease Helped Me Transform Fear into Trust

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Preparedness is in the GUT: How Lyme Disease Helped Me Transform Fear into Trust

Every day I am faced with the choice of fear. After being diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2014, the doctor said to me: “Are you aware you can die from this?” and “You will live like this the rest of your life.” At that moment, I knew I had two options: I could either succumb to the diagnosis of my potentially deadly and dismal future, or, I could learn to live in harmony with the disease, taking better care of my body and ultimately regaining control of my life.

I chose the latter of the two.

I started with healing my gut. Nearly the entire immune system resides in the gut and there is no better way to battle any illness then focusing on strengthening the immune system.

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