Your kitchen floor is about twice as clean as your refrigerator handle and countertops. In fact, your wallet and cell phone harbor a whole lot more bacteria than your toilet seat. Should we frantically begin cleaning our refrigerator handles, wallets and cell phones? Probably not! Exposing ourselves to a diverse array of bacteria on a […]
These spicy beans can be eaten as a main dish over rice or on their own, and they also make a tasty side dish. They keep well in the freezer and can be blended with low-sodium organic chicken or vegetable broth to create a hearty black bean soup. Serves 6 to 8 Ingredients […]
At Gutbliss, we’re all about balance in the microbiome. But bacterial imbalance doesn’t just occur in your gut; it can happen in your vagina, too, leading to a condition called bacterial vaginosis, or BV. As the recent article in The Atlantic, The Superhero in the Vagina, states, BV puts “millions of women, and their unborn […]
In my first book, Gutbliss, I wrote about stool nirvana being “a deep brown color that looks like melted chocolate”. But if you’re trying to reverse damage to your microbiome – the trillions of bacteria that call our bodies’ home – you should actually be aiming for green stool. Not a glowing radioactive green, but […]
1. Eating dirt is integral to our microbial health. As our agriculture practices and daily lives become more sterile, soil-based microbes or SBOs are harder to come by. Find out how to ensure exposure to these important microbes in your everyday life. Daily Telegraph 2. For the first time, scientists discover that fungus plays […]
1.Grounding, or earthing, (direct skin contact with the surface of the earth) proves to be an effective method in reducing inflammation and preventing and treating autoimmune disease. Yet another reason to follow Dr. Chutkan’s Live Dirty plan! Journal of Inflammation Research 2. Colonic transit time is positively correlated with gut bacteria diversity (a marker of […]
A major part of rehabbing our microbiome and restoring our health is recognizing that cleaner doesn’t mean healthier; in fact, it can sometimes mean sicker. The FDA agrees. Last week they announced plans to pull antimicrobial soaps and other personal care products from the market, concluding that they don’t confer any additional benefits over regular […]
I’m smellier than usual these days due to an unfortunate series of event that took place under my arms. It started last month when I came across a very fancy, but very old bottle of perfume that had belonged to my mother-in-law. I’m not much of a fragrance user, since most have alcohol that wipes […]
Cabbage is one of the Live Dirty, Eat Clean prebiotic superstars. You get a big dose of nutrients in addition to lots of flavor with each bite. This salad actually tastes just as good the next day. Make it on the weekend, and you will have an already prepared and delicious lunch to enjoy for […]
As a gastroenterologist I spend a lot of time in people’s colons, and I’ve noticed over the years that there’s tremendous variation in not just what the colon looks like, but in what it smells like too. Inflammatory conditions like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis cause redness and ulceration that’s easily identifiable, but they also […]