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Diversify the Diet to Diversify the Gut Microbiome
home By now you've likely read from several sources that diversity in gut microbiota = better health. The more variety of gut bacteria we...

sandi
Jan 25, 20192 min read
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Intermittent Fasting, Hip or Hype
home Intermittent Fasting, or "IF," has exponentially increased in popularity in the last couple years and has reach snowball intensity...

sandi
Nov 6, 20183 min read
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Results From My 30 Day Keto Experiment aka My Gut Hates Keto
home My microbiome hated keto. My taste buds loved it for a while - organic turkey bacon, homemade-pesto-topped wild-caught salmon, raw...

sandi
Oct 29, 20185 min read
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Are Your Gut Bacteria Causing Weight Gain
Gut microbes influence weight gain and loss and even healthy gut bacteria can sometimes thwart your best weight loss efforts.

sandi
Oct 26, 20185 min read
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Viome discount code. Know your gut microbiome.
There's a lot of buzz about the Viome gut sequencing test lately. It gives a thorough view of the active microbes in the gut, including...

sandi
Oct 12, 20186 min read
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is your gut leaking toxins into your bloodstream? (and what to do about it)
It's much more common that my health coaching clients exhibit signs of intestinal permeability, aka "leaky gut" than not. The intestinal...

sandi
Sep 19, 20182 min read
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ode to coffee - its benefits to gut health
In January of this year (2018) when I received my first set of Viome (gut sequencing with food recommendations) results, my...

sandi
Aug 29, 20183 min read
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how i lost 6 lbs in 6 days while eating cheesecake
...and also carrot cake, which happens to be my favorite. Many people have heard about the ketogenic diet - keto, for short, and some of...

sandi
Aug 17, 20183 min read
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automatic joy : can happiness improve the microbiome - and your health?
Years ago, i made lists of things that instantly brought me joy. I called those lists "Automatic Joy," after a line from the song, Coin...

sandi
Mar 21, 20182 min read
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how to mess up your gut microbiome - lesser known threats to our health
Everyday foods and products that can damage the health of our gut microbiomes, including maltodextrin and Stevia.

sandi
Feb 28, 20185 min read
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uBiome, SmartGut, BIOHM and Viome - my test results and gut microbiome evolution
In April 2017, I posted the results of my very first gut sequencing test. The company i used was uBiome and I did their $89 standard...

sandi
Jan 20, 20186 min read
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childhood trauma and illness - EMDR therapy and gut rebuilding
A couple months ago, i sat glued to my laptop listening to some of the world's top gut health professionals speak on the microbiome, its...

sandi
Aug 12, 20174 min read
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Update: Day 37 of My Alkaline Cleanse - Raw Food Diet for Candida/SIBO
[Updated 10/26/18] [Updated 4/29/20] Let's start this post with a gnarly photo of my tongue, pre-alkaline diet on the left, and 37 days...

sandi
May 7, 20173 min read
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fermentation certification
Even though i've been fermenting veggies since January and have made some delicious and very alive (think zing!) ferments, i wanted to...

sandi
Apr 12, 20171 min read
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How One Seemingly Small Change Can Influence the Bigger Picture
I watched a short video (see below) a while back about how the reintroduction of wolves changed the environment they were reintroduced...

sandi
Jan 28, 20171 min read
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