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What Japanese Eating Habits Can Teach Us About Gut Health
Japanese eating habits provide valuable insights for our gut wellness. These plates differ from common western meal styles. Usually, one avoids large servings consisting of singular ingredients. Instead, people consume small bowls featuring rice,...
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Wildfire Smoke and Your Gut: The Connection Nobody Talks About
When wildfire smoke fills the air, most of us think about our lungs. You smell the smoke. Your eyes start burning. You cough. Your throat feels scratchy. Maybe you wake up the next morning with a headache or feel like you didn't...
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Vegetarian Spinach and Chickpea Bowl
A simple vegetarian meal with creamy chickpeas, fresh spinach, and fluffy couscous. This is an easy option when you want something filling without making your meal complicated. Ingredients For the chickpeas and spinach: 1 can chickpeas,...
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Is Your Supplement Routine Helping You or Working Against You?
You started taking magnesium to help you sleep. Then someone suggested zinc to help with your immunity. You added calcium because you heard it's good for your bones. Then iron because you are always tired. Maybe you take a multivitamin...
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Feeling Bloated? Try These 9 Yoga Poses to Help Digestion
You know that feeling when your stomach feels full, tight, or uncomfortable? Maybe you feel bloated after a meal. Maybe you're dealing with gas or sluggish bowel movements. Or maybe you've been sitting all day and your body simply feels...
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You’re Eating the Food, But What Else Is Coming With It?
You choose fresh food. You wash your vegetables. You cook at home. You try to make better choices for yourself and your family. But there is one part of your meal you might not think about. What touched your food before you ate it? Your...
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