Last week, we talked about pancreas function as the second step in building our health. The pancreas is super important because it makes digestive enzymes that break down proteins, starches, and fats into smaller pieces. These smaller pieces are called peptides, amino acids, sugars, and fatty acids. Fatty acids and glycerol are really important because […]
Last week, we focused on evaluating stomach health as the first step in building our health. The key piece of information we were looking for was whether the stomach was able to produce enough of the super strong acid it needs to break apart the protein bonds that bundle it up into the complex shapes […]
July 9, 2023 I suspect that most of you do not spend much time thinking about your bile flow. Perhaps if you have ever had gallbladder symptoms it may have crossed your mind […]
Probably the most common issue I find patients complaining about besides their back pain is gut problems. This is not surprising as finding healthy foods to eat on a regular basis is getting pretty darn difficult. Even knowing what foods are healthy is becoming a mystical science. Unfortunately, the usual sources we used to […]
SIBO, what’s that – a new app for my phone? If only, no SIBO stands for Small Intestine Bacterial Overload, and it is becoming a serious problem for us. Last week I wrote about bloating. At the end of the article I talked about a bloating pattern that happens 3 to 4 hours after you […]
Are you ever bloated? I hear it all the time from patients – “I eat a meal and a little later I look like I am 6 months pregnant!” Now I am not talking about feeling too full because you have just eaten your way through the Sunday Brunch Buffet. You’d expect to feel overly […]