Body Biotics

Craving sweets? It might be the Candida talking. Sometimes the cravings we have are the gut’s way of telling you it is out of balance. During our last blog, we covered how the gut tells the body when it is lacking a nutritional element. Through cravings and signals sent to the brain, it can tell […]

What is the gut trying to tell us? Scientists are exploring how and why microbes communicate with the brain to tell us what nutrients we are lacking.  1* You’ve heard the expression, what is your heart leading you to do? Well, there is another part of your body trying to send you key messages. So […]

Too much Sugar is Not Good for Your Health Take these simple steps to minimize it in your diet. Two hundred years ago, the average person living in the US consumed two pounds of sugar in a year. In 1970, that number increased to 123 pounds per year. Today, the average American eats almost 152 […]

Sugar…the sweet killer. It tastes so good so why is sugar so bad for our microbiome and our health? In our last blog, we talked about how added sugars can be found in so many foods in the grocery store. In fact, it had become such an issue that the FDA required food manufacturers to […]

Added sugars in packaged foods must now be listed on food labels. Knowing how much sugar and what kinds are in packaged foods has become a little easier with this food labeling requirement. 1* We try to eat right. We focus on keeping our guts healthy. But sometimes despite our best efforts to eat right […]

Do you have an insatiable sweet tooth? The vagus nerve and the gut to brain connection may be driving it. 1* Last time we talked about the importance of keeping the gut healthy to support our emotional health. When there is so much overwhelming information flooding our screens and minds at the present, we need […]

Why do we crave sugar and what to do about it. Kicking the sugar habit can be harder than kicking a drug habit. The holidays are around the corner! I don’t know how you feel, but I feel like they were just here! It’s amazing how fast a year can fly by. Just as you […]

We know the problem. Now what to do about it? While we know obesity is our nation’s biggest looming health concern, beating it is a whole other matter. During our last blog, we talked about the biggest health concern facing us in 2018 and that is obesity. With a growing number of Americans being obese, […]

Avoid this sweetener at all costs Sugar is really bad for you, but high fructose corn syrup is even worse. High fructose corn syrup…now those are dirty words. High fructose corn syrup appeared basically unannounced in the 1950s and slowly became a common sweetener found in soft drinks, candies and other foods. It started to […]