If you’re eating commercially raised meat, eggs, or dairy products, you are consuming low doses of antibiotics every day, which destroys your gut health.
Holistic Wellbeing Articles
Quit Grazing and Eat Regular Meals Instead
It’s a fact. Eating small meals all day keeps your blood sugar on an even keel. Just look at the numbers. Which is a good thing, right? Well… usually. When you have fibromyalgia, you’re probably already tired. Often. Always. Snacking means you’ll have a constant and steady energy source, so you can (hopefully) do the […]
What in the World Is a Detox Cleanse?
And Why Do I Need One? Everyone comes in contact with toxins just by living here on Planet Earth. Some toxins come from the foods you eat while others are from air, water, and environmental pollution. Even if you live a very healthy lifestyle, you can still have toxins that build up in your body. […]
Natural Treatment for Fibromyalgia
Are you in pain, feeling exhausted, frustrated, stressed-out, and misunderstood? Well I guess you must be in the right place, because it looks like you may be living with fibromyalgia. Like me. (You can read my story here if you’re interested) Pretty much anything you’re going through, I’ve probably experienced, too. Except for drugs, if […]
Kidney Stones
Most kidney stones are made up of calcium and calcium salts, including oxalates. But they can also be composed of calcium phosphate, uric acid (causes Gout), struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate), or cystiene. The kidney’s big job is to keep all the minerals and other blood components in the right ratios with one another. So if […]
Gall Stones
Most malfunctions of the gall bladder are due to gall stones (or “sand” or just plain sludge) either blocking the release of bile into the digestive tract, or filling the it to capacity with no room for bile storage. Because you use bile to digest fats, gall stones will cause digestive problems in almost everyone, […]
The Relationship Between Your Gut Health and Thyroid Gland
If you suffer from leaky gut syndrome (when your intestinal barrier becomes permeable) then it also becomes easier for large protein molecules to enter into the bloodstream. This is a big problem. These large, incompletely digested protein molecules don’t belong outside of your gut. If they manage to make their way through this now too-permeable […]
I’m Fine
I recently read a (justified) fibro rant on another blog, then ran into a glitch that wouldn’t let me comment. So I decided to make my own blog post here instead. Here’s a partial quote: Today I just don’t know how to pretend to be “normal” because today I want to answer honestly when someone […]
