The Value of Soft Cheeses

Why Should You Eat Soft Cheeses? You have a variety of bacteria in your gastrointestinal tract – a perfectly normal situation. For our purposes, they can be divided into two groups: those that produce lactic acid and those that don’t. The ones that don’t are considered pathogens. The ones that do are to be encouraged because that lactic acid, along…

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Infection Encourages Premature Birth

Mothers – and expectant mothers – often look to our office for answers to their basic health-related questions. One frequently asked question has to do with this: Given that an adult’s gastrointestinal environment (or ‘gut biome’) is known to contain over 1,000 different organisms (information credited to the new DNA testing), how does a baby’s…

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The “International” World of Yogurt

Recently, with the popularity of Greek yogurt, people (myself included) have been shying away from the “regular”, or American, yogurt. Now, our clients are also raving about Icelandic yogurts. Much of the change in the public’s buying habits stems from the reality that both Greek and Icelandic yogurts are high in protein and low in…

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