We are hearing more in mainstream media about our gut bacteria; also known as the microbiome. Our bodies are home to trillions of fungi, viruses, bacteria, parasites and microbes that can be found in just about every part of our body, inside and out! READ MORE HERE
This newsletter explores this and the ways we can improve all areas of our health by taking care of our gut microbes - whether that's through the food we eat, supplementing our diets by adding pre and probiotics or being conscious of our antibiotic use, stress levels and sleep patterns.
In good health!
Catherine McDowell
Herbalist and Director
6 SIGNS YOUR GUT BACTERIA MAY BE OUT OF BALANCE
Medicine has only just begun to understand how our diet can have an impact on our gut bacteria, which in turn has a profound effect on our physiology and wellbeing. Research is now showing that the types of foods we eat can change our microbiome in as little as 24 hours!
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THE VALUE OF “OLD WIVES TALES”- FERMENTED FOODS
The popularity of fermented products has grown in recent years. And finally science is catching up with age-old knowledge of foods being medicine. Kombucha, apple cider vinegar, sauerkraut and pickled foods are even appearing on the shelves of the big supermarkets.
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HERBS, COMMON SENSE AND THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF A DOG
As a herbalist I am finding myself using all those herbs which I routinely use for digestion problems in both humans and horses. Now it seems that dogs are experiencing more and more the issues of IBS, leaky gut, skin conditions, obesity and arthritic problems.
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MCDOWELLS TV - HOW DO WE CREATE OUR FORMULAS?
What makes our formulas so powerful? We are very traditional herbalists and make every formula by hand. They are steeped for 6-12 weeks and then are cold-pressed. Once extracted, the liquid is bottled and sent out to our customers world wide.
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