Probiotics are the good, healthy bacteria. They are used to repopulate the healthy bacteria in your microbiome. There are two different approaches to taking probiotics. Seeding: providing the healthy bacteria to re-seed the microbiome with good, healthy bacteria. Setting up an Environment for healthy [...]
Histamine is a natural part of the inflammatory response, it is released as inflammatory response, typically to a local immune response, such an allergic reaction. What is the difference between taking an anti-histamine medication and taking a natural histamine reducer? Anti-histamines medications contain compounds [...]
What is the connection between hydration and the immune system? Seventy percent of our body is water. We want to support our body with clean, filtered water. We want to be drinking enough water to replenish our water stores within the body. Many of [...]
What is the connection between the microbiome and the immune system? This will help to explain why it is so important to take care of your microbiome. The microbiome is an ecosystem of bacteria and fungus that live within your digestive tract and it [...]
What is the connection between fats and viruses? I think this is an important connection to understand as we talk about fat metabolism. Cell membranes are made of fats called a bi-lipid membrane. Viruses need to get into our cells through that cell membrane [...]
I want to talk about the inflammatory response and infections, because with what is going on in the world, I think it is important to understand how the immune system works, how the immune system mounts a response to an infectious agent like a [...]
Let’s talk about viruses. As we have this coronavirus situation happening right now which is affecting all of our lives, we want to get a better understanding of what viruses are and how they are affecting the human body. Viruses have been around for [...]
At this point in time, we really want to make sure that our immune system is working well. Our immune system is our defence mechanism, against viruses, bacteria, pathogens, and cancer cells. We don’t want our immune system to be under functioning, or over [...]
I want to talk about a concept that not many people are talking about and that is the concept of TERRAIN. I watched a documentary movie with my daughter called the Biggest Little Farm, about a sustainable farm. They had to build an ecosystem [...]
Histamine intolerance occurs when there is a build up of histamine in the body. Digestive symptoms can occur with histamine intolerance because histamine is important for helping to break down food, therefore common symptoms include diarrhea, chronic constipation, nausea and vomiting, gas or bloating, [...]
