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Causes of Bloating & 6 Herbs To Reduce It

Bloating has you looking 4 months pregnant?⁣⁣⁣This has to be one of the most common digestive complaints and usually boils down to these 4 things:⁣ 1️⃣ ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; a fancy word that means ‘low stomach acid‘. Not enough stomach acid = inefficient protein breakdown so food sits there and putrefies.⁣⁣⁣⁣Causes of low stomach acid?⁣⁣⁣⁣????????Stress, too much alcohol or caffeine, a high refined carb diet, zinc deficiency, sluggish thyroid, H. Pylori infection⁣⁣⁣⁣2️⃣...

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Your Probiotics Guide 101

First things first. When a new client tells me they take probiotics, it’s the same thing as telling me they eat food. Not very helpful or specific is it? So let’s first learn some basic facts. In nutrition, we broadly categorize food into macro-nutrients: protein, carbs and fats.With probiotics, scientists have also classified them into three categories: genus, species and strains.???????? Genus refers to the family of probiotic – for example, canine.???????? Species refers to the group – i.e. dogs.???????? And strains are the subtypes – i.e. dog breeds.The genus can be...

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