Your gut has trillions of micro-organisms floating around in it that actually outnumber the cells in your body. Most of these micro-organisms are bacteria, as well as a few yeasts, parasites and viruses. They number 39 trillion (whereas your body only has 30 trillion cells). There are more of them than you! Should you be […]
Fermentation
Anything to do with fermenting things and health associated
Make Your Own Sour Cream
Making your own sour cream is easy. Sour cream is used as a garnish in Tex-Mex dishes as well as an ingredient in baking. It is “soured” cream, which counts as a fermented food for those of you trying to add ferments to your diet. Making your own sour cream allows you to have control […]
Can’t Sleep at Night? Maybe it Was Something You Ate.
Some time back I was listening to a talk by my favorite nutritionist (Chris McKee) and she said something that concerned me… She said that a food item that she was eating was causing poor sleep. I was having some trouble sleeping – so this caught my attention. Maybe something I was eating was keeping […]
Can’t Sleep at Night? Maybe it Was Something You Ate
Some time back I was listening to a talk by my favorite nutritionist (Chris McKee) and she said something that concerned me… She said that a food item that she was eating was causing poor sleep. I was having some trouble sleeping – so this caught my attention. Maybe something I was eating was keeping […]
The Gut Brain Connection -What I learned from food poisoning
Food poisoning is one of the worst things that can happen to you. I experienced it in May 2023. But I learned something from it. Shouldn’t we learn from the bad experiences as well as the good ones? Besides the obvious learnings such as “make sure you have adult pullups in your bathroom closet,” there […]
8 Days and 8 Rolls of Toilet Paper later…
Eight days, and 8 rolls of toilet paper later, I recovered from food poisoning. The food poisoning started on my birthday! I had a nice celebratory dinner at a local restaurant. The food tasted just fine. It was a fabulous Fettucine Alfredo with gluten free noodles, and a green salad. Yum! I had been looking […]