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Mushrooms Can Continue to Absorb Vitamin D After They’ve Been Harvested
Where did these magical plants come from?! Wherever they came from, I am glad they are here. Mushrooms are strange, majestic, and packed with incredible healing powers. They are one of the few plants that actually contain vitamin D and can continue to absorb this precious vitamin even after they’ve been harvested! If you live in the PNW, like me, you know how hard it is for us to get adequate levels vitamin D. Our bodies synthesize it from the sun and up here near the 45th parallel, we only have the opportunity a few months out of the year.…
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Go with your GUT
We’ve known that harmful pathogenic microbes can cause contagious diseases since the 1800’s. It wasn’t until recently, within the last two decades, that we’ve begun to understand “normal” microbes and how they are essential to optimal health and immune function...
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Low-FODMAP Diet
Download my Low FODMAP Diet Guide which includes general information about what the diet is generally used for and what foods to eat.
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Mindfull Eating
We are all familiar with how the saying goes, "you are what you eat"; but what we should really be saying is, you are what you digest of what you eat. It is important to understand that how we eat our food effects digestion of that food and hence, what nutrients we get out of it. With growing research in the impact of gut microflora on our health, the importance of taking care of our gut is more apparent...
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Good fats: flax seeds vs pumpkin seeds
Flax contains Omega-3 fatty acids in the form of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). Lipoprotein levels, impact on cholesterol Whole flaxseed has been shown to decrease LDL levels but also do not seem to have an effect on concentrations of HDL and triglyceride levels...
