Tag: acidity

The pH Controversy

In nutrition circles, there is an ongoing debate about the importance of pH in the body.  In normal human physiology there are variations in acidity or alkalinity in different areas, from the strong acidity of stomach acid to an equally strong alkalinity in the small intestine where bicarbonate is released.  Your blood stays at an […]

Home Remedy: Gut Remodeling

“All disease begins in the gut.”  These famous words spoken by Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, are more important than ever for us to observe.  Gut integrity and the health of the microbiome determine how our internal world is influenced by the external world.  The gut processes food and drink into the building blocks […]