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"Vital Signs" Blog
Hippocrates was right when he made that statement almost 2,500 years ago – that’s well before we’d refined sugar, created processed “food” products, and added antibiotics and a slew of other toxins to our food! Every bite we eat passes through the twenty-plus feet of our digestive tract, which is lined by our delicate “inner skin”.
Since IBS, or irritable bowel syndrome, affects nearly 45 million people in the United States chances are that you, or someone you know, struggles with gas, bloating, cramping, and diarrhea or constipation. The cause of IBS is multifactorial, meaning that a number of triggers may contribute to this dysfunction.
Our gut is a powerful biochemical reactor, capable of almost magically transforming the plants and animals of nature into the building blocks of our body: the carbohydrates, proteins and fats, vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients to run all the metabolic reactions that promote health and prevent disease.
