Cleaning and Maintaining Your Body

   Do you wash your clothes, clean your house, clean the lint out of your dryer, replace furnace filters, and replace broken roof shingles?  Why?  We invest a lot of money in our homes, appliances, and furniture.  We want them to look good and perform for a long time, therefore, we take care of them.…

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Candida

    The parasitic yeast-like fungus that causes Candida loves to eat and their favorite “food” is sugar (glucose).  And our diets are full of sugar for them to eat!  Carbohydrates (bread, pasta, etc.) and anything containing any form of sugar is broken down into glucose molecules through the digestive process.  If you don’t digest your…

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Microflora Balance, Dysbiosis, and Candida

    As with most things in life, and especially most things in the body, balance is key. Your body strives to stay in balance in all areas and has several ways of doing this.  Your colon needs to maintain a good balance of microflora to stay healthy. What are microflora? Microflora is the term used…

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More Poop!

So, with all the poop we talked about yesterday, you might be wondering about your own poop.  For example, we talked about it taking 12 to 18 hours for food to go all the way through your system.  How do you know how long it takes YOUR digestive tract to process food?  Here is a…

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Poop!

     Like we talked about yesterday, our digestive tract is basically one big long tube from the mouth to the anus.  There is only so much room in it.  Over-stuffing it creates all kinds of problems. There are basically 2 rules that will help ensure healthy elimination, and therefore optimal health.  The first rule is,…

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The Journey of Food

     Your gastrointestinal tract is basically one long tube.  It begins at the mouth and ends at the anus.  Food needs to be processed timely and efficiently.  Optimal digestion is important to our overall health for 2 reasons: 1.  To ensure essential nutrients reach the cells and tissues that require them, and 2.  To ensure…

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