This year has been a historically stressful one, to say the least. Many of us have felt it in our gut. Literally. That’s because stress has a significant impact on gut health. The medical literature continues to confirm that the gut-brain axis is very real. Chemical messengers are traveling back and forth all day long…
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3 Reasons to Love Ghee
Ghee, sometimes called clarified butter, is made by a heating process that removes the milk solids and water, concentrating the fat. There are so many reasons why I love ghee and always have it as a cooking fat in my pantry, but these are my top three: Great for High Heat Cooking Ghee is a…
Does activated charcoal work after being glutened?
Activated charcoal has been trending for some time now, and many take it after being glutened, but does it actually work? Activated charcoal has its time and place, but after gluten exposure isn’t really one of them. It’s useful for binding toxins, but has not been shown to effectively bind gluten protein. While it won’t…
Celiac vs. Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity: Different Conditions Both Worth Respect
I’ve experienced living on both sides of this diagram. For many years, before I finally got a celiac diagnosis, I thought I had non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) (sometimes referred to as gluten intolerance). I remember countless times being in restaurants, requesting a gluten-free menu, and the waiter asking “is this an allergy? or celiac?”, me…
It’s about time we bust this myth about weight in untreated celiac.
The most infuriating and sad thing a client has ever told me was, “it took me so long to get diagnosed because my doctor said overweight people don’t have celiac.” At best, this is utterly untrue. At worst, it’s a damaging assumption that dismisses the individual and prolongs or prevents them from receiving care. Weight…