Gut Lovin Health

Instagram
Menu
REQUEST BOOKING

Author name: Tallis Web Design

black framed eyeglasses on white book page
Information

Magical Meals: Transforming Dinner Time with Your Hogwarts House!

/

Here’s a fun idea-find out which Hogwarts house you belong to and use it as inspiration to shake up those boring dinners! It’s not about nutrition this time, just a playful way to add some magic to your meals!

In case you’ve missed the magic over the last decade or more, Hogwarts is the legendary school for witchcraft and wizardry from the beloved Harry Potter books and movies by J.K. Rowling. At Hogwarts, each student is sorted into a house based on their unique traits and personalities. Not sure which house you’d be in? No worries-there are tons of fun quizzes online to help you find out!

man sitting on rock
Information, Pain Management

Finding Balance With Chronic Pain

/

Whether you suffer from chronic pain, or someone you love is struggling with it, you know how hard it can be not only physically but mentally. I alway say that chronic pain is a special kind of torture. It can become a vicious cycle of thinking between the pain, the story about the pain, and the outlook for the pain. For a few years now I have had back pain, and within the last few years my back pain has gone from annoying to a chronic issue with daily pain ranging from mild to horrific.

kiwis and oranges
Information, Toxins

Toxic Load: Toxic load is how much toxicity is in your body

/

Toxic load is how much toxicity is in your body. It can be anything from pollutants, heavy metals, and chemicals. Why does this matter? If you have too much build up of toxic chemicals in your body it can disrupt your endocrine system, gut health, and affect the overall health of your body. Here is a list of the top ten places for hidden toxic chemicals in no particular order.

gut health carstairs
Digestion, Information

Why the Gut?

/

The digestive system is part of the gut and is responsible for ingestion of the food, the release of digestive enzymes and juices, and transport of food and subsequent waste through the body, and the breakdown of food into smaller pieces during digestion. The digestive system uses the food that you feed it to produce energy, but if you are consuming food with a poor nutritional profile it may be taking more energy to process than it is giving to your body. Which sounds like a weightloss dream scenario, but in actual fact it is draining you of energy making you feel tired and hangry.

a man with a stomach pain in the shape of a circle
Digestion, Information

Digestion Explained

/

Starting at the mouth, chewing helps for later digestion, but did you know that your saliva also has digestive enzymes in it which immediately helps to break down starches? Starches are simple sugars, easy to digest and the body gets started on those right away. Masticating or chewing also helps to break food down into smaller pieces so that the stomach doesn’t have such a difficult job. If you have tummy troubles after eating, pay attention to how well you are chewing your food, give your tummy a break and do some of the work for it! If you need more ideas on how to support digestion, reach out!

Scroll to Top