New research published last Friday in the Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics demonstrated that there is a distinct brain-gut pathway (psychological symptoms begin first) as well as a separate gut-brain pathway (gut symptoms begin first) as seen in patients with irritable bowel syndrome(IBS). IBS can be a debilitating...
Chris Decker, ND I’d like to suggest that there’s a paradigm shift afoot regarding probiotics–a new frontier, if you will. As we know, our human gut is home to a vast panoply of microorganisms, and in order to keep it that way we populate it with diverse...
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is one of the most common gastrointestinal (GI) disorders affecting 18-28% of North Americans, and the prevalence has been increasing every year.[1] Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are the medication of choice in conventional medicine. While PPIs are somewhat effective at reducing...