A Simple Guide to Restoring Gut Health
Your gut and how you treat it are directly linked to the overall foundation of your health, and what you eat and how you live substantially influence your microbiome.
The microbiome consists of trillions of different species of bacteria, including parasites, viruses and fungi. When these "bugs" are fed a balanced diet, the immune system, metabolism and digestion can work in unity.
Unfortunately, many individuals have difficulty choosing healthy foods due to their fast-paced environment, inadequate food supply, and rising food costs.
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Are You Drinking Out of Habit?
Most people who drink have been drinking for an extended period. It probably started in the early twenties, if not sooner. If you grew up in the ’90s as a teenager, it was quite common to indulge in alcohol at an early age.
I remember my friend and I drinking straight cheap vodka behind our junior high school in 1994, the same year Kurt Cobain committed suicide.
The grunge era brought out the rebellious teenager in many of us. If you were growing up in a toxic environment, alcohol and drugs often became the exact escape you needed to numb the pain or fit into the scene.
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Why You Should Take a Break From Alcohol
The most transformative experience I had in my late thirties when it came to drinking was deciding to stop for an extended period—3.5 months, to be exact.
The first couple of weeks, I struggled because my body was going through a detox.
At the time, I thought my alcohol consumption wasn’t excessive—I was casually drinking once or twice a week, but constantly putting a toxic poison into my body had a profound effect on my health.
That’s because I had been drinking alcohol since I was sixteen, and by the time I hit my twenties, I was a full-blown party girl hitting the underground rave scene.
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3 Foods That Heal and Rebalance the Gut After Alcohol
“Let Food Be Thy Medicine and Medicine Be Thy Food.” — Hippocrates
When I was drinking constantly, my diet was awful, mainly because I was dealing with a hangover every few days or at least once a week at the minimum.
As a result, I wanted to indulge in highly processed foods that contained sugar, fat, and salt, which left me in a vicious cycle of having negative emotions, including guilt and shame.
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4 Ways Alcohol Affects Gut Health
Back when I was heavily drinking, I had a variety of ongoing health issues, from acid reflux, dehydration and unrestful sleeping patterns, but mostly, my gut wasn’t always functioning correctly.
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