GAPS Practitioner MA

Yesterday I was astonished to read Chris Kresser’s excellent blog post The Myth about Nitrates and Nitrites . Everyone knows that Nitrites/Nitrates are potentially carcinogenic. When I allowed my children to eat hot dogs or lunch meats that contained them, I felt worried. Now, according to peer reviewed studies, not only are they not harmful, but…

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall. Yesterday at 10:59 AM EST was the Autumnal Equinox, marking the beginning of Autumn.  The word equinox comes from the Latin “aequus” meaning equal and “nox” meaning night. The Earth’s axis is neither tilted toward nor away from the Sun, the center of the Sun being in the same plane as…

Since training to become a GAPS practitioner, I have become increasingly fascinated with the role the microflora in our gut plays in maintaining health and creating disease states. An average adult carries 2 kg of bacteria in the gut. There are 10 times more microbial cells in the body than human cells. This means that we are…

This is an unusually active time in terms of the occurrence of multiple significant astronomical events in close succession temporally. This signifies a profound time for the world astrologically, as astrology is an art/science that interprets the influence of heavenly bodies on human affairs. At key moments in history, there is a pattern of unusual…

On Friday May 25th an article appeared in the New York Times titled Drug For Adults is Popular as Children’s Remedy. It addresses the widespread prescription by pediatricians and GI specialists of Miralax, a colorless odorless liquid laxative for long term treatment of constipation in children, despite the fact that it has never been approved…