Do It Yourself Health – Page 9 – Take Your Health In Your Hands

What to do for an IBS flare (recipe included)

An IBS flare up can be brought on by strong emotion or stress, eating the wrong, inflammatory food, travel or no obvious reason. While preventing a flare may be tough, having a strategy in place to ease the symptoms and […]

My 1 year SIBO update & health transformation

It’s been exactly one year since I discovered I had SIBO with high levels of hydrogen overgrowth. I was also 20 pounds heavier at the time with a constant low grade heaviness and bloat in my lower belly. While I […]

How to avoid buying fake supplements

I wanted to pass along some important information I recently learned that can make a difference in your recovery efforts. Buying your supplements from the right place can be as important as matching the supplements to your condition and taking […]

My dietary staples for digestive health

The biggest change I made since having and getting rid of SIBO last year was to cut gluten out of my diet 100 percent of the time. Before that I ate gluten occasionally when going out to eat. And if […]

Low carb, low FODMAP gut healing muffins

Finding healthy treats to eat while healing your gut is not easy, but I’ve got you covered. These muffins are easy to make and include one of the best ingredients for repairing your gut lining. Collagen. Collagen is one of […]

The emotional root of IBS

I have observed the connection between emotions and IBS in myself and my clients. And I’ve concluded that the most powerful influence on your health is not a supplement or type of food, it’s your mental and emotional state. I’m […]

What I use to keep my gut in balance during the stress of the holiday

The holidays are the worst time of the year for digestive health. The mix of stress, emotion, travel, family dynamics, and food temptation can do a number on body and mind. The busyness and overwhelm of this season also cuts […]

How your thyroid effects your gut

Sometimes my big health mistakes turn into blessings. When I was on a raw vegan diet 15 years ago to heal IBS, it was doing obvious damage to me body but I refused to believe this “healthy” diet was harming […]

The Ketogenic diet for IBS

Finding out I had SIBO at the beginning of 2017 taught me some important about my body. Leading up to my SIBO test I was following a Paleo diet, which involved baking lots of “healthy” treats with maple syrup and […]

How to treat a stubborn case of h. pylori

My SIBO success story is inspiring you. I was able to treat a pretty serious overgrowth in 6 weeks, after doctors told me it would take 4 months. And I was able to reintroduce all FODMAPs with no problems within […]