by candacekennedy | Food Focus, Gut Health, Healthy Recipes, Nutrition
There’s a reason why your mom would bring you chicken soup when you were sick. Bone broth is a staple in an ancestral diet and you’ll find some version of it in just about every culture. Bone broths are rich in minerals, protein, and amino acids, especially glycine....
by candacekennedy | Food Focus, Gut Health, Healthy Recipes, Hormone Balance, Nutrition
How can eating a daily raw carrot every day improve your health? It has nothing to do with beta carotene. While there are many ways to support your body’s detox pathways, eating a daily carrot salad is inexpensive, easy, and effective. Want to have less...
by candacekennedy | Gut Health, Health & Fitness, Hormone Balance, Nutrition
Vegetable oils are a far cry from “heart-healthy.” A more accurate name for vegetable oil is “industrial seed oil” as these oils are not derived from vegetables at all. For the sake of simplicity, throughout this post, I will be referring to this group of...
by candacekennedy | Gut Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition
So you’ve been diagnosed with SIBO, Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth. Now what? You may have heard from a practitioner or come across the low-FODMAP diet in your own research. While it’s true that low-FODMAP can be effective at reducing symptoms...
by candacekennedy | Gut Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition
What are probiotics? Probiotics are beneficial bacteria that support a well-functioning digestive tract and immune system. The different microbes living in your GI tract can either promote health or disease. Why Take a Probiotic? Due to modern farming,...
by Candace Kennedy | Gut Health, Nutrition
Like many, my personal road to gut healing was a bit of a roller coaster, with many ups and downs. While functional healthcare practicioners were quick to test for pathogenic overgrowths like SIBO and candida, there was little done to support my overall gut health to...