by Brenda Watson | Oct 24, 2014 | Recipes, The Skinny Gut Diet
Every Friday for six weeks I am sharing with you a recipe from my new book, The Skinny Gut Diet. If you have tried it all, but you still can’t lose weight, then this book is for you. You are not entirely to blame for your extra pounds. As it turns out, the bacteria in...
by Brenda Watson | Aug 28, 2013 | General
There are over 1000 species of bacteria that naturally occur in the human digestive tract. A high diversity of bacteria is characteristic of a healthy gut balance. Increasingly, researchers and doctors are recommending multi-strain probiotic formulas to reflect the...
by Brenda Watson | Jul 29, 2013 | General
Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins found in foods such as grains, beans, seeds, nuts, and potatoes. Also, grain-fed meats (which would be all meats except grass-fed) contain lectins due to their grain-based feed. Lectins, although found in what many people...
by Brenda Watson | Jul 12, 2013 | General
Do you experience sugar cravings? Do you eat sweets or sugary beverages on a regular basis? Do you want to know why this might be? A recent study helps explain it. Researchers presented a study at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s 2013 annual...
by Brenda Watson | Jul 8, 2013 | General
Gut bacterial balance during pregnancy—especially toward the end of pregnancy—is crucial because when a baby is born through the birth canal, the bacteria colonizing the mother are transferred to the infant where they begin to colonize the digestive tract. So, when a...
