You've put in the work and have finally figured out that candida overgrowth is the cause of your bloating, brain fog, and digestive woes. You start an anti-candida protocol and feel like you're on the path to feeling better. But after a few days, you start to feel...
Want to Boost Immune Health? Start Here
If you want to boost immune health, start with gut health! Tuning up your immune system means tending to all the bacteria friends that live inside your gut. Although your immune system is made up of cells, tissues, and organs, approximately 80 percent of your immune...
Four Types of Gut Dysbiosis and How to Resolve
If you struggle with frequent bloating, gas, belching, heartburn, constipation, and/or diarrhea (you're entitled to more than one symptom), you probably have some degree of gut dysbiosis. Dysbiosis means you have too much "bad" bacteria in relation to beneficial...
N-Acetyl Cysteine: The Amino Acid That Could
I am often asked for advice on must-have supplements and typically recommend a multi, a probiotic, and fish oil. But there's one multitasker in particular that has such far-reaching benefits that nearly everyone can benefit from using it. It's N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC)....
How Your Gut Bacteria Influence Your Weight
Aside from our cells, we humans are home to trillions of microbes-- including bacteria, viruses, fungi and more-- that live all over and inside us. They are absolutely critical for our survival and have evolved alongside us over time. These microbes (bacteria make up...
How to Boost Your Gut Flora in 3 Steps
Did you know that you're more bacteria than human? You have more microbes living in and on you than you do human cells, and they are absolutely crucial for your survival. This collection of microbes--called your microbiota--helps you digest food, generate certain...
Candida Overgrowth: A Complete Starter’s Guide
If you've landed here looking for advice on candida, you've likely done a lot of research and uncovered a lot of conflicting info. Most, if not all, people who email me for help with candida overgrowth are deeply confused from googling and navigating information about...
7 Foods to Ditch On A Candida Diet
If you suspect you have candida overgrowth, you've landed in the right place. Not only do I have many articles all about how to get rid of candida (including this one with my free protocol), I also teach a course on the very topic! If you're delving into a candida...
The Surprising Reason You’re So Tired
Fatigue is by far the most common complaint I hear from my clients and friends. We're all so tired. Perhaps it's related to our 24 hour on-the-go lifestyles and/or poor sleep habits. But it's not always that black and white. We may assume it's adrenal fatigue (a bit...
Superstar Recipe: Fermented Watermelon Rinds
I'm SO excited to share this recipe. It's my first time using my friend and colleague Karen's home fermentation device, Kraut Source. She invented it! How cool is that? And the recipe I chose, fermented watermelon rinds, packs a double punch of gut healing probiotic...
Rethinking the Candida Diet: What’s the Best Diet for Candida?
If you've done any research on the candida diet, you'll come up with about 19 million results on google, most of which tell you to avoid every molecule of sugar. Some of the diets recommend phases or even bone broth cleanses. There are millions (literally) of...
7 Biggest Mistakes When Treating SIBO
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is a common but often misdiagnosed overgrowth of bacteria in, you guessed it, the small intestine. SIBO sufferers most often experience bloating (the most common symptom I hear is "By the end of the day, I look six months...