Gut Health and Gastrointestinal Health

For some people who experience chronic H. Pylori infections the answer may lie in the mouth not the gut. H. Pylori is a bacteria that can cause low stomach acid, gut inflammation, ulcers and stomach cancer. For some people who treat this bug it can often times come back. The answer may be that it's also living in your mouth.We often forget how vitally important dental health is to systemic...

The relationship between H. Pylori and stomach acid is a complex one. What we do know however is that chronic H.pylori can lead to low stomach acid over time.Low stomach acid predisposes you to gut dysbiosis and overgrowth. This then leads to bacterial food fermentation and symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrom (IBS - gas, bloating, pain, changes in stool). I used to only treat H.pylori if I saw it on...

Gut dysbiosis or gut microbial imbalance comes in 3 main patterns: Insufficiency, Inflammatory and Digestive Dysfunction. You can have any one of these or a combination of all 3.Insufficiency dysbiosis is when you don't have enough "good guys" or beneficial bacteria in your gut (ex: Lactobacillus, Bifidobacter, S boulardii, Akkermansia, F. prusnitzi, etc)Inflammatory dysbiosis is when you have an overgrowth of "bad guys" in your gut (ez: frank pathogens like...