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let them eat cake! do government agencies protect us from harmful foods?

I remember sitting in a history class my first semester of college, completely fascinated by the new and seemingly more "real" (or at...

how my broken gut made me a cheap date - gut dysbiosis, DNA SNPs and alcohol

[ Trigger warning: death, loss ] If you've read some of my previous blog posts, you'll know that the events that destroyed my gut in 2014...

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...

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.

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...

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the things you do for love (like swallowing fermented cod liver oil)

This year was amazing in so many ways. My older son started classes at UVA (and got a 4.0 his first semester all while appropriately...

the effects of a high-fruit diet on my blood sugar (and a recipe for hashbrown crust quiche)

...and what's next. In April of this year, i set out to try different diets to see which one made me feel the best and had the most...

how i got my holiday spirit back - ferments are in the air! (bonus: dairy-free cashew cheese ball re

Happy October! As i write this post, i'm sitting in our back yard watching my hubby prep some space for fall plantings (cabbage, kale -...

impressing and destressing at our office jobs

Do you spend more than four hours at work in an office or other indoor space on a typical work day? If so, a few simple health hacks can...

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