Digestion

Digestive health plays a critical role in regulating metabolism, hormones, mood, skin health, and nutrient absorption. Explore Ben Greenfield’s articles to learn evidence-based strategies for optimizing gut function, including insights on leaky gut, the gut-brain connection, the microbiome, SIBO, functional gut testing, and dietary approaches for addressing common digestive issues such as constipation and diarrhea.

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What Your Gut Can Tell You About Exercise, Diet & Longevity (& The Best Way To Test).

How do you test your microbiome? If you listened to the podcast episode “How To Get 6 Gigabytes Of Data...

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What Your Tongue Is Telling You: 6 Important Clues Your Tongue Can Give You About Your Health.

The following is a guest post written by a new acquaintance of mine, a speech-language pathologist named Matt Criscuola. I...

Why I Eat Tapeworms & Whipworms

Why I Eat Tapeworms & Whipworms Every Two Weeks: The Fascinating World Of Helminthic Therapy.

For the past four months, every two weeks, I have been wandering over to my refrigerator, fetching out for myself...

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How To Have The Most Amazing Poop Of Your Life (And A Shocking “Stuck In The Bathroom” Video)…

If you follow me on Snapchat, you may have seen the shocking video in which I became trapped in a...

An Easy Three Step, 42 Cent Way To Naturally Fix Constipation

An Easy Three Step, 42 Cent Way To Naturally Fix Constipation.

Constipation sucks. Not only can walking around all day with fecal matter stuck up inside you put a scowl on...

Blame the Bugs How Stealth Pathogens Are Making You Fat, Tired, and Brain Dead

Blame the Bugs: How Stealth Pathogens Are Making You Fat, Tired, and Brain Dead

When most of us hear the phrase “caught a cold” or “dealing with the flu”, it conjures up images of...

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The Kion Coffee Enema: Everything You’ve Always Wanted To Know About Coffee Enemas (But Were Afraid To Ask).

Two months ago, in an edgy detoxification and self-experimentation move, I found myself lying on my left side in my...

Broken Gut to Big Butt How A Busted Digestive System Can Make You Hormonally Fat

Broken Gut to Big Butt: How A Busted Digestive System Can Make You Hormonally Fat.

Now I don’t have anything against big booties, but when it comes to fitting into your skinny jeans, sometimes a...

The Zen Of Managing Poomergencies - Natural Remedies for Traveler's Diarrhea

The Zen Of Managing Poomergencies – Natural Remedies for Traveler’s Diarrhea

As I mentioned in my recent Thailand Poomergency blog post, I was recently attacked by a relatively severe case of...

Why Kill Your Stomach Acid

Why Kill Your Stomach Acid?

  In Podcast Episode #102, I recommended to a listener that they consider natural alternatives to heartburn medications. In this...