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Your Gut is Stressed if You are Stressed

For today’s blog, I asked my friend, reforming perfectionist, ex-corporate exec and creator of the School of Balance, Sarah, to take the reins. Sarah, you see, has first hand experience in burning the candle at both ends until she was burned right into the ground. Hitting a wall with her […]

Digestive Health & Depression: bacteria, serotonin, second brains….

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better” – Maya Angelou The use of antidepressant drugs has long been the first-line treatment of depression, with thoroughly mixed results. For some people these drugs work well in managing symptoms, and for others they […]

Soy WHAT? It’s not all that it’s cracked up to be

This post was originally an email that I sent out to my email subscribers that got so much feedback & commentary I thought it really should be a blog, too. Caveat: this post is an overview, a skating over of all the *beef* I have with soy, with some loopholes […]

Is it worth eliminating gluten from your diet?

One of the most common questions I field is this: “Jillian, how do I know if I have a gluten sensitivity? How do I know that I should avoid gluten?” This is a great question, and one that for the most part lacks a super-fast, blanket-statement type answer. If you […]

Lessons from Gluten & the 3 Greatest Teachers of Your Life

There is something about traveling that makes me very contemplative. Being catapulted out of familiar routines and away from familiar faces. Feeling like a bit of flotsam bobbing down this huge city and its millions of people and the smells of grilling meat, baking bread, cigarette smoke and exhaust commingling. […]

Ten Restaurant Items that are Secretly Bloating You

Who doesn?t love the opportunity to show up at a table somewhere, be served food that you did not have to prepare or cook, have each need attended to and simply get up and leave after you are done? Many relish this chance and look upon it as a pleasure […]