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First of all: congratulations! What wonderful news!

With pregnancy, hormones do shift for sure! Estrogen rises quickly during the first trimester of the pregnancy which can lead to nausea. This meta analysis from 2014 concluded that the use of ginger (∼1 g daily) for at least 4 days is associated with a 5-fold likelihood of… Read more

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The short answer is: yes!

I also will recommend it to my clients who deal with H. Pylori infections. There is some research which concludes that mastic gum can also help with dyspepsia and ulcers.

An older study from 1984 found that mastic gum in 38 people could improve the symptoms of duodenal ulcers. Those who took 1 gram (g)… Read more

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Seeing someone jerk/twitch when they fall asleep can be quite unsettling. This phenomenon is called a ‘hypnic jerk’. A hypnic jerk is not:
• a form of epilepsy
• a form of a seizure

In fact, it is pretty common (this article suggests 60-70% of the people experience hypnic jerks) and most of the time harmless. It can however cost… Read more

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I don’t have much experience with preparing Mackerel. I usually don’t use many herbs with fish either. If you can tolerate fresh herbs, personally I like fresh dill on top with a drizzle of olive oil, put the fish in the oven and you are done. Usually, I would put a few slices of lemon on top, but you can leave them away. It will… Read more

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I am not familiar with the company, but I see this panel checks fasting insulin as well. They do have some iron markers added in this panel (but unfortunately no iron!) which with low stomach acid doesn’t hurt to retest after March.

You asked what the difference was between active B12 and B12: Active B12 is when B12 is bound to… Read more

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Reverse Osmosis water filters can filter out microplastics in water. There is a wide ‘range’ of sizes when it comes to microplastics. Microplastics are usually plastics that are smaller than 5mm in length. Then there is a group of plastics that are even smaller called nano-plastics and they range from 1 to 100 nm.

The way… Read more

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Welcome around here! My name is Daniel and I help Bernadette on the platform. I hope we can guide you to some relief!

Understanding how estrogen & progesterone dance with each other will help you make it easier on deciding how to approach your perimenopausal symptoms.

Keep an eye on the general tips section. I am near completing… Read more

I will let Bernadette advise on your question about Spatone. I just want to present you an liquid alternative which contains Ferrous Bisglycinate which is also very well absorbed. I am talking about this iron tonic from Vitanica.

Be aware that with a possible H. Pylori infection stomach acid might be low and iron could be harder to absorb.… Read more