When is the best time to use bowel rest for IBD, and how does bowel rest work? An elemental diet is a completely liquid diet with pre-digested nutrients that are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream (within 20 minutes). This gives your gastrointestinal system a rest, but still supplies your nutritional needs - also referred to [...]
My mum's neighbour passed away from widespread cancer. In her final days, my mum made her these smoothies - which were easy to drink and digest, yet super delicious. Even on the days she could only drink part of the shake, her smile of delight as she tasted them lit up the room. To make [...]
I found this article and thought it was remarkable enough to pass on. It's the story of a young man's dreams taking flight after being told he would never achieve them. If you have bad eyesight or know anyone that does, you'll want to read this. Everything Old Is New Again: Rebuilding Your Vision Glasses, [...]
Those of you who've been subscribed for a while know that sometimes I share healing experiences that I create with my herd of horses. Join us again today, as we take you on a guided journey to release anxiety, fear or loneliness from your body & mind. Followed by gentle music and being with the [...]
Struggling with low hemoglobin? Many people find raising their hemoglobin to be a particularly difficult endeavour. This is partly for physical reasons - many don't understand that for the body to utilize iron properly you also need to be ingesting Vitamin C, Vitamin B12, Folate and the B-Complex vitamins. BUT you cannot ingest Vitamin C [...]
Even those of us fluent in natural healing, may not yet have extended that paradigm to our eyesight. Perhaps we are still thinking that corrective lenses or surgery are the only ways to improve our vision. Fortunately, we actually have many options now for healing the root causes of our poor vision, rather than just [...]
You asked, and we listened! We understand that your options are limited for elemental shakes. The options are even fewer for elemental shakes that taste good. We took that to heart, and I worked with Imix Nutrition to formulate not one but TWO delicious new unsweetened options! We think you'll love them as much as [...]
Join me and Tami Hay, author of EarthGut: The Story of Peace, Love, Microbes, as we delve into the world of plant medicine! We both discuss what herbs we feel are specifically best for IBD, as well as some of the herbs that have helped us personally. Don't forget to download my eBook, What You [...]
If you experience an increase in symptoms or diarrhea with MucosaCalm, you may attribute your reaction to Licorice. However, you need to keep in mind that the glycyrrhizin component of licorice has been removed from the licorice contained in MucosaCalm. Hence it only contains deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL). Glycyrrhizin is the component that has been "shown [...]
These are called FAVE muffins because not only are they my kids' favorite muffin, but the recipe is adapted from my friend's original recipe, who is called... Favian! Of course, we also call her Fave. : ) Hope you love these as much as we do. Depending on whether you just want enough to eat fresh, [...]
Ulcerative proctitis and probiotics! Which Natren probiotics are best for ulcerative proctitis, and is it necessary to take these probiotics indefinitely? Join me and Natasha Trenev, founder of Natren probiotics, as we continue to answer probiotic-related questions from our LTYG readers. 0:19 - Jini's Home Remedy Pages 1:10 - Wild Oregano Oil Protocol and [...]
What are some of the best mind/body therapies for healing gut diseases? Join me and Tami Hay, author of EarthGut: The Story of Peace, Love, Microbes, as we discuss what body/mind tools I have found to be most helpful along my healing journey. 0:32 - EFT Lazer Tapping: LazerTapping.com 1:13 - Craniosacral Therapy (Level [...]
For those of you who either hate going to the dentist, or can't afford to go to the dentist... what can you do when you have a tooth that has a cavity and/or is rotting? Well, the first thing you can do is use wild oregano oil to kill any infection and reduce inflammation: [...]
How can you heal when you don't feel safe? Join me and Tami Hay, author of EarthGut: The Story of Peace, Love, Microbes, as we talk about why “not feeling safe” is a big issue in auto-immune disease. This is a topic I've addressed many times before, most notedly in this presentation. You will [...]
How does heat affect probiotics? Join me and Natasha Trenev (founder of Natren probiotics) as we answer questions sent in by my LTYG readers! Explore the probiotic section of the blog here - chock full of valuable info on everything probiotic-related. And don't forget to grab my FREE eBook, What You Need to Know [...]
A while back I wrote a blog post questioning a 'health' product called Adya Clarity that was being promoted heavily ( in the Raw Food community and on Facebook). Unfortunately, when I looked at the patent application for the product, it just didn't look kosher to me. It was eventually revealed that (among other problems) [...]
Can you heal if your heart's not in it? Join me and Tami Hay, author of EarthGut: The Story of Peace, Love, Microbes, as we discuss root-level, wholistic healing - and the importance of addressing the mind/body/spirit portion of healing. Root-level, long-term healing comes from healing ALL levels of the self. We must go into [...]
If you've been following me for a while, you know my family and I strictly use Natren probiotics! My protocols are tried and tested using Natren as well, but what do you do if you have trouble tolerating Natren probiotics? Join me and Natasha Trenev, founder of Natren probiotics, as we answer some tough questions [...]
I have a NEW totally awesome - if I do say so myself! - guided connection for y'all and it focuses on the vagus nerve and also mobility of the neck (cervical vertebrae). The vagus nerve is the longest cranial nerve that extends all the way to the abdomen. As you can see from this [...]
Linsy's Struggle with Herxheimer Reaction My assistant Linsy is known around here as the Queen of Herx. This is because her healing journey involved just off-the-charts sensitivity and massive reactions to any kind of anti-pathogen or detox agent that resulted in the Herxheimer Reaction (pathogen die-off). In addition to her sensitivities, she had extensive food [...]
Can Lazer Tapping help your disease from flaring? This was a FANTASTIC question I received from one of my Lazer Tapping course members, and the answer is...YES. Absolutely! Flares are often linked to stress, so whatever your disease is (whether it's fibromyalgia, colitis, MS, Lupus, etc.) - it's gonna have a stress component! In this [...]
Interestingly, in one of those YouTube twists of, "how did I end up here?" I came across both these videos telling the visually beautiful stories of women whose bodies and nervous systems simply shut down. Both had versions of Fibromyalgia and other debilitating health issues. As you watch this first video, I'd like you to [...]
In this video I discuss the many aspects of pain, possible causes, and the neural/body interface around pain. Pain is never the issue/cause. So taking a painkiller is not very helpful. Pain or chronic illness is the signal or signpost for the REAL issue(s). Join me for a discussion about this whole aspect of pain, [...]
One of my lovely readers in Ghana has no access to commercial wild oregano oil, however she does have access to fresh wild oregano leaves - awesome! Professional manufacturers use either steam distillation or cold-pressing methods to extract the highest quality, most potent oregano oil from the leaves, which requires specialized equipment. But there are [...]
When your emotions create more Dis-Ease than physical therapies can heal... Are you Sabotaging the Healing You are Working So Hard to Achieve? Yes, we can tap on any physical symptom that occurs! When we tap on a physical symptom, we deal with the straight-up physical layer (example: all this pain in my head, my [...]
I just came across this video from six years ago that my friend shot of my sons spoofing my health videos! My favorite part is how to make butter organic. LOL. Thanks again to my buddy Ken for filming this gem and having such a great time!
Even though I've already written a detailed blog post about this topic, I KNOW how difficult it can be to set up your supplement schedule! It's very hard to hold in your head (simultaneously) all the supplements that can work synergistically together, the ones that are best taken with food, the ones that must be [...]
Selling Herbal Products in Canada A friend of mine makes these incredible herbal salves and sells them at local farmer's markets, or to her own clients in her therapeutic horses-helping-kids program. So I wondered if I could carry them in my Canadian LTYG Shoppe and offer them to my readers. Well I asked my gal [...]
Imagine if you could connect with the trauma stored in your tissues and cells – to liberate and release these locked-in emotions and experiences. Imagine if you had a powerful technique you could use immediately whenever painful events or symptoms emerged… In this video, my assistant Savannah shares her experience tapping through a panic attack. [...]
I recently received this email from a reader and I just had to share because it made me laugh! I wanted to send Jini a personal thank you note. It is long overdue but I've been motivated by the fact that she has helped me again recently and so I must send this thanks. I [...]
My Lazer Tapping program may be my #1 favorite mind/body/spirit healing tool - but that doesn't mean it is the only tool I ever use! If there's one thing everyone on a healing journey learns, it's that true, root-level healing is wholistic. So rather than mimicking drug medicine and looking for the 'magic pill,' it [...]
When a doctor makes a statement that an amino acid - found in most protein foods (seafood, meat, milk, eggs) and many veggies - feeds cancer... commonsense dictates that there's likely a more complex, multi-factorial, interdependent sequence happening, and perhaps another mechanism or two, or three, going on. The reductionist thinking of pharma-care trains people [...]
This poem reminds us that the healing journey is just that - a JOURNEY. But it is also a transformative journey. Who you are by the end, the person that rises like a phoenix from the ashes...is a much greater, more powerful YOU. This video features my black horse, Kaliah, along with the rest of [...]
If you are currently following the Minimize Gas & Bloating Diet, or the Maintenance Diet from my book, Listen To Your Gut, you'll LOVE this baked salmon recipe! It's also compatible with the Reduce Diarrhea Diet. This salmon is melt-in-your-mouth soft, flakey - and ready in JUST 10 minutes!! It's a super easy weeknight meal [...]
Let's talk about Colloidal silver! Just like wild oregano oil, there are SO many uses for this anti-pathogen agent. This is due to colloidal and nano-sized silver being antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial - a triple whammy! The silver ion (Ag+) is bioactive, and in sufficient concentration readily kills bacteria in vitro. Silver also kills bacteria [...]
Dairy farming, like all factory farming, has gone horribly wrong in the last 70 years, making it an ethical nightmare for those who consume this highly nutritious food. Let's start with what's gone wrong with dairy farming and then let's move into real, actionable solutions - humane solutions already being carried out by dairy farmers [...]
If you've read any of my broth recipes, then you know I could go ON and ON about the health benefits of broth and its gut healing properties. Gelatin is one of the lovely benefits of bone broth stock, which comes from the bone itself. So how about a comforting veggie soup that uses gut [...]
Just a reminder that now that it's wintertime, you really do want to make sure you and your family are taking daily vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), and perhaps you also would benefit from Cod Liver Oil. Unless you get a minimum of 20 minutes full exposure (with all surfaces of your skin exposed - face, arms, [...]
5 year update: Nishtha is now a clinical nutritionist and certified functional medicine practitioner specializing in IBD/IBS and autoimmune conditions! You can find her in London at Zest Integrated Health & Nutrition Clinic. You can find more information on her services offered as well as her pricing and how to contact. You can also find [...]
"I remember the first time my doctor insisted I have surgery. This was before the internet (so I had no way of researching on my own), and I asked my GI for some more information. He loaded me up with a stack of textbooks and his research reports, and you bet I took it home [...]
We had SUCH great feedback from last week's Korean Pancakes recipe! Lots of readers wrote in about how delicious their pancakes came out, and many were grateful it was both a gluten-free and vegan recipe. I heard you guys, so I'll try to include more GF/vegan recipes as we go along. So here we go [...]
You may have heard about my NEW Lazer Tapping course - a powerful mind/body/spirit self-healing technique that has been at the cornerstone of me healing myself from Crohn's - and remaining that way for over 25 years now. Similar to EFT, Lazer Tapping is an acupressure-based mind/body healing tool that can effect profound change in [...]
One of the awesome things about LTYG is the number of highly educated/intelligent readers I get - who then ask the best questions! Here's a recent Q&A exchange with a medical professional I wanted to share, as I think this information is beneficial to everyone who's using the QuikPlus Bone Matrix, or QuikPlus Silica (atom-sized/nano [...]
This gluten-free Korean pancake recipe is a favorite among my household - and SO easy to make! What's wonderful about this particular recipe is the pancakes are not only VEGAN and GLUTEN-FREE, but the batter can be made ahead of time and left in the fridge a few days before you fry - making it [...]
Occasionally I get an email from a reader with extreme sensitivities, allergies, or intolerances who would like to know HOW to customize an elemental shake for bowel rest. For example, this one: "Is there a way to make a gluten “Cross reactant” free version of Absorb Plus? I seem to have severe neurological side effects [...]
What is Rectal Prolapse? Let's start by giving you an overview and causes of rectal prolapse, so you know exactly what I'm talking about. Then we will discuss the natural treatments for rectal prolapse. Although, further down, I am also going to talk about rectocele - so if that's your condition, then stay with me. [...]
Sticking to a vegan diet can make it challenging to gain weight without ingesting a lot of grains (oatmeal, wheat, rice) which are not good for your gut - and when you're dealing with IBS or IBD, your body often cannot tolerate legumes (beans, lentils, soy, etc), so you can get locked in a downward [...]
This is a FANTASTIC example of using a half-elemental diet to provide bowel rest and heal an abdominal abscess and fistula. Remember, not everyone needs to go on a full-elemental diet (or has time, or can afford it!). There have been studies of the benefits of a half-elemental diet - but I suggest if you [...]
This week we have a timely and helpful guest post by one of my longtime readers, Angela Privin - who is also a digestive health coach: The best thing I've ever done for my digestive health was to break my sugar habit. It allowed me to rebalance my biome and heal my irritable bowel syndrome [...]
We often get the question - why are the minerals so low in Absorb Plus? Well, the amounts of all the minerals and vitamins in Absorb Plus are formulated for someone to be able to take a maximum of 12 servings per day, so to even get a daily therapeutic dose of vitamins and minerals you [...]
