Wholistic Livin Blog — microbiome

Fermented foods—are they your friend or foe right now?

Oct 28, 2022 Stefanie Juon

Tags digestive health, digestive support, fermented dressings, gut healing, gut health, gut skin axis, gut skin connection, gut-skin-brain connection, healthy gut, microbiome, microbiome health, microbiota, miso soup, probiotics, ramen, skin microbiome

Fermented foods—are they your friend or foe right now?

Fermented foods contain a wide variety of bacteria and yeasts that can provide many health advantages. Below are my favorite plant based fermented dressings by Cleveland kitchen as well as my Miso soup with optional rice ramen recipe! Microbes in fermented foods, known as probiotics, produce vitamins like K and B’s, hormones involved in metabolic processes like appetite, fat storage, insulin sensitivity, glucose tolerance, as well as short-chain fatty acids. They also increase microbial diversity, and decrease inflammatory proteins. If you do however tend to have gut sensitivities, suspect you may have food sensitivities or intolerances the first step is...

Common Questions About Probiotics Answered

What Are Probiotics?

Commonly known as living bacteria that inhabit our digestive system, “probiotic” literally means promotion of microorganism grown.

Probiotics and probiotic supplements can include bacteria, bacterial spores, or fungi (yeast).

Gut Health And Endometriosis

Aug 26, 2021 Stefanie Juon

Tags charleston, Endometriosis, food allergies, food sensitivities, functional medicine, gut skin connection, health tips, healthy gut, holistic beauty doc, holistic health, holistic nutrition, IgG Food Sensitivity Test Charleston, immune health, immune system, microbiome, microbiome health, naturopathy

Bring balance to the immune system! There is a strong connection between endometriosis and impaired immunity. Research suggests there is an autoimmune component. The microbiome or gut bacteria plays a HUGE role in immunity! You can start balancing by practicing the following tips below.

IgG Food MAP with Candida + Yeast Lab Test

Aug 08, 2021 Stefanie Juon

Tags food allergies, food sensitivities, food sensitivity testing, gut health, gut skin axis, gut skin connection, healthy gut, IgG Food Sensitivity Test Charleston, microbiome, microbiome health, microbiota, skin microbiome

IgG Food MAP with Candida + Yeast Lab Test

WHY TEST IGG SENSITIVITIES?

Immunoglobulin G (IgG) food testing is a useful guide for structuring elimination diets for patients with many chronic conditions. Individuals with neurological, gastrointestinal, movement, and behavioral disorders often suffer from IgG food sensitivities. People may continue to eat offending foods unaware of their potential adverse effects. Symptoms associated with food sensitivities may occur hours or days after the offending food was eaten because IgG food antibodies remain for a much longer time than IgE antibodies. IgE food allergy causes the release of histamine, producing an immediate hypersensitivity reaction. In contrast, IgG food sensitivity is triggered by the binding of complement to IgG food antigen complexes, causing an inflammatory response. This is a delayed hypersensitivity reaction in which symptoms appear anywhere from hours to days after eating the offending food. Elimination of IgG-positive foods may improve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, autism, AD(H)D, cystic fibrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and epilepsy, according to numerous clinical studies.