From the category archives:

Digestion and Nutrition

What Is Your Stool Telling You?

What Is Your Stool Telling You about your health? Nobody likes to talk about bowel movements. As a Clinical Nutritionist in practice for over 15 years I was taught many years ago that your stool can be an invaluable source of information about what may be going on in the body. It’s a standard question in my [...]

read the full article →

Eating Your Way to Better Health

Whoever said that you can’t have your cake and eat it too? Having a proper diet doesn’t mean starving yourself, but instead, it means eating the right types of food. The body needs its daily supply of nutrients, and going without proper nourishment can only make matters worse. A healthy lifestyle does not only consist [...]

read the full article →

Can Stool Testing Help Chronic Digestive Issues?

Can Stool Testing Help Chronic Digestive Issues?
Juli Keene, B.S.c, CN Licensed Clinical Nutritionist
Diseases of the human digestive system are a painful reality to many people every day. Over 50 million people currently suffer from debilitating digestive system diseases such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Crohn’s Disease and Colitis. Other people with various digestive symptoms such as [...]

read the full article →

Obesity – One of Life’s Heaviest Problems

Numbers never lie, almost two-thirds of the American population is overweight and half of them have graduated into full-blown obesity. This is a continuing problem, and just looking at the different TV ads and exercise videos available in the market today is a testament to this problem. What’s so sad about this problem is that [...]

read the full article →

Burping, Belching and that Bloated Feeling

You are quietly sitting at the dinner table after a big meal, sipping your favorite soda when all of a sudden you feel this sudden rush of air flowing into your mouth. You pass out the air through your mouth and everyone hears that familiar sound, you just “burped.”
Burping or belching is a natural reaction [...]

read the full article →

CHOCOLATE The Good, the Bad and the Fudgely

Is there anyone who doesn’t like chocolate? Creamy fudge? Most of us adore this wonderful sweet candy, and some of us even feel we are true chocoholics, unable to carry on daily living without it. The sensation of biting into chocolate and tasting its unique flavor floods our sensory system with pleasure. Chocolate is like [...]

read the full article →

I got a gut feeling about this

Have you ever experienced a gut feeling that made you do something different than you were going to? Well it’s not a coincidence. Modern research has started to uncover a mysterious but physical connection between the nervous system and the digestive system. Read on as H.I.C author and contributor Dr. Seth Pearl explores this topic in detail.

read the full article →

Metabolic Disorders: An Overview

Ever wonder why some people just can’t seem to keep their weight down or why some people keep on eating and never get fat? Some of us go to great lengths just to keep our weight down. Society has placed so much value in keeping a slim figure that being healthy means keeping a slim figure. Read this new article by H.I.C. staff and contributor Ronlad Uy to find out more!

read the full article →

Medical Procedures for Kidney Stones

Medical procedures for kidney stones can range from less-invasive methods such as shock waves to major open surgery. Usually kidney stones pass without medical intervention, but in some cases the stone is so large that no amount of consumed water will ease its passage down the urinary tract. If the stone is still growing, causing [...]

read the full article →

Coffee: How it Effects the Digestive System

Ahhh, the savory aroma of freshly-brewed coffee in the morning, and those consumed cups of morning Joe help millions of people come alive to prepare for their day. We are a nation of coffee drinkers, consuming tons of the roasted coffee beans to make it a profitable 18 billion dollar industry in this country alone. [...]

read the full article →

“The Sweet Disease” Diabetes Mellitus

Have you wanted to eat more often than a normal person would do? Are you always thirsty? Do you feel like you are urinating more than a litre every time to you go to the bathroom? Do you always feel tired more than the usual? If the answers to these questions are “yes”, then maybe [...]

read the full article →

Barrett’s Esophagus

Barrett’s esophagus is a condition of the lower end of the esophagus where intestinal cells have replaced esophageal cells usually after years of experiencing acid reflux or GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). When stomach acids splash up into the esophagus, they irritate the lining of the esophagus causing pain or a burning sensation in the chest [...]

read the full article →

Milk Anyone?

Milk has always been a good source of nutrients. It is both healthy and natural. Milk is important in the normal development of the human body. Milk is a great source of Calcium which is essential for optimum bone development. Calcium deficiencies may also give rise to other serious diseases such as osteoporosis a debilitating [...]

read the full article →

Heartburn during Pregnancy

Suffering with the pain and discomfort caused by heartburn is a common occurrence for pregnant women, especially in the last trimester. According to major studies, more than one half of pregnant women do experience heartburn, and for many women it is a first-time introduction to the digestive upset. Heartburn is usually harmless, having no lasting [...]

read the full article →

← Previous Entries