February 11, 2012

IBS/IBD and Colitis – My Travels through the Bowels

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Written By: Dr. Martin Rutherford DC | I have personally experienced bowel problems my entire life. I was first diagnosed with a pyloric stenosis at five weeks old, and this required surgery to repair. During my childhood years there were many foods I simply could not eat without experiencing a myriad of what were, in retrospect, intestinal related symptoms. During the 4th grade, I vomited every morning at about 10am for two to three months--until my dad accidently changed my diet. In my … [Read more...]

How Does Your Candida Grow?

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Written By Shelby Molchan, Certified Colon Hydrotherapist | Summer is here! The days are longer and warmer and we have become more active, so it is a natural time to lean up and loose the winter weight. But what happens when physical activity increases, the diet is lightened, and still those few excess winter pounds won’t come off? If the weight is not coming off as it should, it may be because of a Candida overgrowth. For the most part, the cravings for heavy food wanes with the cold, … [Read more...]

Prescribing Poor Health: CANDIDA. Are Yeast Infections Making You Sick?

by Dr. Sally Rockwell | It is believed by medical experts today that 2/3 of the American population suffers from chronic Candida and the leading culprit is thought to be antibiotics and diet. Candida is a condition of yeast overgrowth in the intestines causing a slue of problems. Antibiotics kill bacteria, both the good and bad bacteria, but they don’t kill yeast. The past abuse of prescribing antibiotics by the medical industry, plus the wide-spread use of antibiotics by the food … [Read more...]

Candida. Are Yeast Infections Making You Sick?

by Dr. Sally Rockwell | The contemporary Western diet is the FAD. Our declining health is directly related to our eating habits of the past 50 years—a diet high in overly processed foods, sugar, salt, and fat; and low in fiber and nutrients that does not keep us healthy. The results of our contemporary dietary habits are showing up as FAD DIS-EASES such as hypoglycemia, food allergies, candida yeast overgrowth, epstein-barr virus, cancer, autoimmune diseases, immune system dysfunctions, … [Read more...]

Candida: What do I do? Time to Cleanse the Body

by Dr. Sally Rockwell | The contemporary Western diet is the FAD. Our declining health is directly related to our eating habits of the past 50 years -- a diet high in overly processed foods, sugar, salt, and fat; and low in fiber and nutrients that does not keep us healthy. The results of our contemporary dietary habits are showing up as FAD DIS-EASES such as hypoglycemia, food allergies, candida yeast overgrowth, epstein-barr virus, cancer, autoimmune diseases, immune system dysfunctions, … [Read more...]

Digestion, Absorption, and the Unglamorous Intestines

by Claire Riendeau, N.D., N.M.D. | Intestinal function has an indisputable lack of glamour, and seems reason enough for most people to never give the importance of intestinal health a second thought. This is unfortunate and needs to change. The reality is that healthy intestinal function is critically important to overall health. Common sense dictates that good health requires good nutritional habits, proper digestion and absorption. Proper nutrition is essential to helping us prevent … [Read more...]

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