“Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.” Thomas Jefferson Abbreviations: BCM7: beta-casomorphin-7 C. albicans: Candida albicans FOS: fructooligosaccharide GERD: gastroesophageal reflux disease GI: gastrointestinal H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori, aka Campylobacter pylori IBS: irritable bowel syndrome LES: … Read More →
Hey everyone, I thought I would give the scientific papers a rest this week. Instead, I want to focus on answering some questions posed to me over the last several months from folks who have emailed me. The first question I want to tackle was from someone who asked if it was OK to take … Read More →
Today I want to continue my discussion of foods, drinks and drugs that tend to aggravate an infected and inflamed gastrointestinal mucosa. Fiber The last post covered gut bacteria’s well-known ability to produce intestinal gas by fermenting fiber. However, dietary fiber, especially insoluble fiber, has other damaging characteristics. As I’ve mentioned before, fiber swells … Read More →
This is the third and last post in my series on insomnia. Today I want to talk about how diet can sabotage your chances of getting a good night’s sleep. Some of what follows will be glaringly obvious, but hopefully you’ll find something here that you didn’t know before. I’ll be dividing today’s post into … Read More →
This is the sixth post in my series on small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Today I want to talk about those dietary factors that cause impaired intestinal motility and inflammation. I was hoping to include my thoughts on plant lectins in this post, but once I realized I was closer to writing a small book … Read More →
This is the fifth post in the small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) series. This and the next post deal with nutritional factors that predispose to SIBO. As I discussed here and here, there are a number of “non-dietary” causes of SIBO. Nevertheless, many of these diseases are clearly due to dietary factors, such as … Read More →