Tag: digestive health
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Bloating Be Gone: How Probiotics Can Aid in Digestive Comfort and Reduce Symptoms of Bloating
This holiday season, raise a toast to digestive comfort and bid bloating farewell with multi-strain probiotics. ‘Tis the season for joy, celebration, and indulgence. However, for many, the holidays also come with an unwelcome guest: bloating. Bloating is a condition that occurs when your abdomen feels full and tight, often due to gas.1 What Causes…
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Low-FODMAP Foods Like Avocados Can Improve Digestive Health
A diet high in sugar can cause many issues, and there’s one group of sugars, called FODMAPs, that can be especially troublesome for people with poor digestive health, particularly those suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). What are FODMAPs? FODMAPs stands for Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides, and Polyols), and they are short-chain carbohydrates (sugars) that…
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Struggling to Lose Weight? Blame Your Digestive System
Did you know that losing weight has got to do with not only what you eat, but also how that food is broken down inside your body and, later, expelled? In a nutshell, your digestive system helps to utilize nutrients more effectively, which aids in weight loss. But there’s more… What is digestion? Without delving…
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5 Reasons To Add Some Mango To Your Diet
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Are Your Stress Levels Affecting Your Digestive Health?
In this Q&A gut health expert and nutritional therapist, Camilla Gray from Optibac Probiotics explains the effects that stress can have on your gut. She also explains how to ease any painful or embarrassing symptoms and what foods to eat – and avoid – during periods of increased anxiety and stress. Q: What effect does…
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13 Research-Backed Ways to Improve Digestive Health
Each year, more than 60 million Americans are diagnosed with a digestive disorder. These disorders range from mild stomach upsets such as bloating to life-threatening conditions such as colon cancer. Various conditions can affect the gastrointestinal tract, the liver, the gallbladder, and pancreas. The good news is that there are simple diet and lifestyle changes…
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5 Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome To Look Out For
When moving your bowels becomes an emergency every time you have to use the restroom, that’s a clear indicator that you may have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). A common disorder, IBS, affects the large intestine, causing considerable pain, cramping and diarrhea or constipation, and other symptoms. Managing the symptoms with diet and medication is the…
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Digestion Health: 5 Top Tips From Chinese Medicine
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Digestive Enzymes, The Unsung Heroes of Successful Eating?
Digestive enzymes. You have heard about them, but perhaps you are not quite sure what they do and how they work. And do they work? Many of us tend to gulp our food down instead of chewing it. The quicker we swallow, the quicker we can get back to that busy agenda. If I compare…
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Here’s How Jessica Biel Makes 37 Look So Good
This past Sunday, actress Jessica Biel celebrated her 37th birthday. While plenty of time has passed since she first graced our screens as Mary Camden in the show 7th Heaven, the Hollywood starlet still looks as youthful and graceful as she did then. That being said, how does the mom-of-one and wife to Justin Timberlake age…