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Pros and Cons of Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent fasting (IF) is just that- cycling between periods where you eat and periods where you fast.  This eating pattern is not new. In fact, Dr. Dewey started the “no-breakfast plan” in the early 1900s encouraging patients to eat two meals per day. It has

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The Best Diet

The best diet is the one that works for you (within reason…).  We are all unique individuals with different gut microbiomes, hormone levels, and lifestyles.  You have to figure out what works for you (not your neighbor or your friend) and within reason. If snickers

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Restoring Digestive Health

Yes, the gut is the gateway to our health and here is why:   Roughly 90% of our serotonin (happy neurotransmitter) is made in the gut About 70-75% of our immune system is housed in the gut Our nutrients are absorbed through our gut Healthy

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Naturally Boosting Fertility

Fertility:  natural capability to produce offspring/conceive Infertility: inability to conceive after one year of timed, unprotected intercourse In the United States, about 6% of women have trouble conceiving within a year of trying and 12% of women have difficulty carrying a pregnancy to term.  But what

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