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The Fasting-Mimicking Diet: Eat Your Way Through A Long Fast?

By melanieavalon / March 8, 2017

Can you eat your way through a fast? A Fasting-Mimicking Diet may yield the restorative, anti-aging, immune-boosting benefits of an extended fast, without the fasting!

26 Reasons To Try Intermittent Fasting!

Intermittent Fasting

By melanieavalon / February 14, 2017

Check out these 26 ways intermittent fasting can benefit your body, health, and life!

Supplement Spotlight: Monolaurin, Allicin, Cascara, and LDN

Gut Health

Supplements

By melanieavalon / January 28, 2017

Check out the supplements I’m currently using to support my GI health, with a focus on restoring, rather than attacking.

What Is The Perfect Diet?

Diets

Genetics

Paleo

By melanieavalon / January 7, 2017

Is the perfect diet low carb or high carb? Low fat or high fat? What do centenarians eat? How do genetics and our immune system factor in? Is there even a perfect diet?

Twelve Christmas Movies You NEED To See

Film

Reviews

By melanieavalon / December 16, 2016

From timeless classics like It’s A Wonderful Life and A Charlie Brown Christmas, to enchanting TV movies like Three Days and Borrowed Hearts, here are my 12 favorite Christmas movies!

How To Fix Your Thyroid And Find Your Life

Thyroid

By melanieavalon / November 27, 2016

Learn how the thyroid works, how to detect a thyroid problem, and how to heal your thyroid naturally!

How To Get Your Genetic Data (For Free) And Interpret Your Genes!

Genetics

By melanieavalon / October 23, 2016

Learn how to get your raw genetic data for free with Genes For Good, and interpret it online with Genetic Genie and Prometheus. Explore your tendencies towards certain traits, health, and disease!

Amines, Histamine, Glutamate, Oxalates, Salicylates, Sulfites, Thiols and Nightshades OH MY!

Allergies

Food Intolerances

Plant Antinutrients

By melanieavalon / October 12, 2016

Are hidden food chemicals (even natural ones?) acting like kryptonite in your body?

Breaking Free From SIBO: My IBS Story And “Cure”

Gut Health

Personal

SIBO

By melanieavalon / October 2, 2016

This post is gonna be long. And personal. And TMI. And #allthethings. If you don’t like discussions of abdominal swelling and bowel movements (“BMs”), you might find this all a bit much. On the other hand, if you’re the type who…

Is Your IBS Caused By SIBO? Get ALL The Info!

Gut Health

By melanieavalon / September 19, 2016

Say goodbye to IBS! Common digestive distress can be a sign of SIBO: small intestinal bacteria overgrowth. Learn how to treat it and rebuild your gut!