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Açai, spirulina, goji berries, oh my! If you’ve been down the aisles in a health food store in the last several years, you’ve most likely passed by an overly priced superfood or two (or ten).And while tasty (some more than others), the term “superfood,” though now recognized in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is essentially a marketing term that companies made up and have used to sell their products.Before you stop reading this post, that doesn’t mean these foods don’t have significant nutr …

Gut health is like a buzzword these days. Wherever you look, you’ll find someone talking about it. Between the best time to take them, supplements, foods, benefits, and side effects, you might get a headache trying to understand it all. Plus, the whole topic of probiotics vs. prebiotics can confuse things even more.Is one better than the other? Should you choose a symbiotic—a supplement containing both—to get the best of both worlds?Welcome to our gut health series. Follow along to dive into thi …

If you’ve yet to be convinced that gut health is important, you’re in the right place. These days it seems like almost everyone is talking about it, whether it’s friends, the news, people you follow on social media, and so on. Or maybe you do know that gut health is important, but you’re confused by conflicting recommendations and articles and advice and just don’t know who to listen to.We all know that we need to eat food to survive and that the gut, GI tract, GI system, however you want to ref …

If you’ve yet to be convinced that gut health is important, you’re in the right place. These days it seems like almost everyone is talking about it, whether it’s friends, the news, people you follow on social media, and so on. Or maybe you do know that gut health is important, but you’re confused by conflicting recommendations and articles and advice and just don’t know who to listen to.We all know that we need to eat food to survive and that the gut, GI tract, GI system, however you want to ref …

The world of supplements is vast, and if you’re like most people, a bit confusing and intimidating to sort through all of the information. With approximately 29,000 supplements on the market today (just in the US) and around 1,000 more added to the mix annually (also just in the US), you’d hardly be to blame. [According to the FDA] Whether you’ve been taking supplements for years “just because” or are asking yourself whether you should be, follow our Supplement Series for an overview o …