Welcome to post #2 in my 4-part Gut Health series! I am honoring colon cancer awareness month by sharing updated information regarding nutrition and food for a healthy colon. Find post #1 (Gut Health Post #1: The Ins & Outs) here! [FYI I presented an hour long webinar discussing this topic, and you can find the recording and suggested resources here: www.cancerdietitian.com/guthealth.] Today’s topic explains how we determine gut health, and how prebiotics and … [Read more...]

Welcome to post #1 in my 4-part Gut Health series! I am honoring colon cancer awareness month by sharing updated information regarding nutrition and food for a healthy colon. [FYI I presented an hour long webinar discussing this topic, and you can find the recording and suggested resources here: www.cancerdietitian.com/guthealth.] Today's topic is an overview regarding the basics of gut health, including understanding what the "microbiome" is and how digestion works. Let's … [Read more...]

In the last post, we covered hormones and antibiotics in milk. At this point, the science suggests that the synthetic hormones and antibiotics that are used with many milk-producing cows do not cause cancer or other health problems. If you choose to avoid those,  there is no risk if you prefer to drink milk without added hormones or antibiotics. It’s a different story when it comes to pasteurization! Pasteurization There are a lot of people now who are proponents of … [Read more...]