With the right anti-inflammatory solutions and a special emphasis on nutrient dense superfoods and herbs, you can help beat summer bloat and enjoy greater energy and vitality into fall and the rest of the year!

Gut trouble is a complaint physicians hear often. But few take the time to zero-in on the cause. Here’s how you can have the food experience you deserve — one that helps you feel full, satisfied and leaves you energized.

Did you overindulge on BBQ, drink one too many cocktails or stay up at a late-night party? Whatever the cause, bloating can be much worse in the hot summer weather. Legs and feet can swell, faces puff and pants don’t fit. Not exactly a picture of summer fitness and health, is it?

Cleansing the gut is as crucial to gut health as removing the old oil from your automobile before adding the new oil. Just imagine returning your gut, intestines and colon lining to the pristine condition you had it in when you were a child — clean, pink and functioning optimally. You can do this…

Quite often, our sense of health and wellbeing comes from our core: stomach, intestines, bladder, and kidneys. When things aren’t going right at the core, everything gets thrown off, and other health problems can develop over time.

If you compare your body to a 7 story building, a healthy gut is the first floor or foundation. Without a proper and strong foundation, all other floors of this building may come crashing down.

It may start in the gut, but leaky gut syndrome affects numerous organs and systems throughout the body. For those facing leaky gut syndrome and the food sensitivities that fire it, the first step towards regaining good health is …

The stomach has ways of telling us when we’ve made a mistake. That’s usually when we reach for one of the many remedies that can alleviate the situation, from over-the-counter antacids, to home remedies like peppermint tea. In a short time, we get relief.

It’s a tough world out there, and often the things that seem to be beneficial on the outside are insidiously chipping away at your health on the inside. You don’t even realize how they are changing your relationship with beneficial microorganisms and actually weakening your immune system.

As a doctor who only wants to relieve my patients’ suffering, it can be frustrating working at getting to the root cause of an allergy — especially one causing chronic health issues.

Taking a probiotic supplement is one of the best things you can do for your body. The special microorganisms that we call beneficial bacteria dwell in your gut (intestinal tract) where they help maintain a healthful, balanced environment that is critical for overall health.

Most men only think about their gut when they lose the six-pack they once (may) have had. But a healthy gut means much more than abs of steel.