Tag: gut health
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The Gut-Brain Axis: How Your Gut Influences Your Mind
Before a significant presentation, have you ever experienced “butterflies” in your stomach? Have you ever suffered from gastrointestinal distress when under stress? These feelings draw attention to the gut-brain axis, the intriguing relationship between your gut and brain. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, enteric nervous system (ENS), autonomic nervous system (ANS), and central nervous system (CNS)…
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Nutrition Tips for Cancer Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment
It’s first important to understand what cancer really is in order to understand what the body goes through and the treatment that’s required to manage the disease. Cancer can be called a cluster of more than 100 diseases which arise due to uncontrolled cellular growth. Treatment such as chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and immunotherapy are commonly…
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Artificial Sweeteners: Are they good or bad for you?
Artificial sweeteners are sugar substitutes added to food and beverages to provide sweetness without the calories of sugar. There are currently 6 low calorie sweeteners that have been approved by the US FDA. These include aspartame, acesulfame-potassium (acesulfame-K), advantame, neotame, saccharin, and sucralose. They can be derived from natural sources like herbs or manufactured through…