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Bentonite Clay Side Effects [Reader’s Story]

Hello! Linsy here from LTYG, ready to answer another reader question this week about the side effects of using Bentonite Clay! I love receiving your great questions. Your comments and questions also help other LTYG readers who may experience similar issues or have similar questions. So thank you! Since I published my blog on [...]

By |2024-11-14T11:13:29-08:00January 1st, 2025|

How to Transition From the Elemental Diet

So, you've successfully completed an elemental diet, but what comes next? Transitioning to regular eating can be a crucial phase in your digestive health journey. In a recent Q&A live stream on YouTube, I share my insights and practical tips on how to navigate this phase effectively. Gradual Reintroduction: I emphasize the importance of a [...]

By |2024-08-23T04:40:24-08:00December 4th, 2024|

Parasite Infection from Mexico – Powerful Natural Remedy

I received this powerful story from one of my long-time readers and she gave me permission to share it with you. She got a parasite infection in Mexico, that affected her body and took down her health. How I Contracted Parasite Infection in Mexico "We bought a condo (our refuge in crazy times) in Baja [...]

By |2024-08-28T20:34:16-08:00October 23rd, 2024|

Everything You Need to Know About Natural Gut Healing Protocols

In this webinar hosted by Amrita Nutrition in the UK, Natasha Trenev (founder of Natren probiotics) and I present some insider details and tips on implementing Jini's Wild Oregano Oil Protocol to eradicate gut infection. We also answer top questions from our readers regarding natural gut healing protocols. Practitioners Bring Their Tough Patient Questions Then [...]

By |2024-10-08T19:08:59-08:00October 9th, 2024|

Absorb Plus: The Story Behind Our Healing Shake

Introduction Absorb Plus, a unique nutritional shake, has a story that begins with a mission to help people. Learn about the journey of its creation and how it came to be. Creating Absorb Plus: A Labor of Love No Existing Solution: Absorb Plus came into existence because there wasn't a similar product available in the [...]

By |2024-08-23T04:58:26-08:00October 9th, 2024|

Crohn’s, Colitis, Diverticulitis, IBS: What are Your Top Health Saboteurs? Find out…

Chronic Illness and Health Saboteurs In this LTYG Podcast, I talk with Chiropractor and Functional Nutritionist Dr. Thomas Kutchenbrod about the common ways he sees his clients sabotage their own healing. We understand what are the top health saboteurs that are impacting your healing journey from chronic gut disorders. We discuss the most common patterns [...]

By |2024-09-25T22:36:09-08:00September 25th, 2024|

Perspective Shifts Lead To Healing: Jini interviewed by Jenni B

For those of you who enjoyed my podcast with functional medicine practitioner, Jenni Berman, you can get more of both of us in this episode where she interviews me! How Healing is a Shift in Perspective We get into a whole variety of topics, like family dynamics around illness, often unknown triggers for food allergy, [...]

By |2024-08-23T05:10:35-08:00September 11th, 2024|

Mold Exposure – Aspergillosis – Symptoms & Causes

All About My Personal Journey Battling Mold Exposure Have you ever been exposed to mold? Or have you been dealing with chronic mold symptoms? I wanted to share my journey with mold because of how much of an impact it had on my Ulcerative Colitis journey. The deeper I delved into this, I saw how [...]

By |2024-08-23T05:09:44-08:00August 28th, 2024|

Wild Oil of Oregano: Benefits, Uses, Dosage

Wild Oregano Oil has gained popularity for its potential health benefits and we at LTYG LOVE it! But how can you make the most of this natural remedy? How did I use it when treating my Ulcerative Colitis, especially since I was so hypersensitive to every new supplement? In a recent Q&A livestream on YouTube, [...]

By |2024-08-23T05:14:56-08:00July 31st, 2024|

The Elemental Diet Experience: How Long Should You Stay on It?

Have you ever wondered how long to stay on the elemental diet? Are you struggling to stay on it even for a few weeks? Here's everything you need to know from my own elemental diet experience. In a recent Q&A live stream on Instagram, I shared my personal experience with the elemental diet, shedding light [...]

By |2024-08-23T05:13:26-08:00July 3rd, 2024|

Elemental Shake: Which Type is Best for Your Body?

In this article, we will discuss elemental diets and how to find the perfect elemental shake for your unique body. What Are Elemental Diets? Elemental diets are all about giving your body the nutrients it needs in an easy-to-absorb form, especially if you're struggling with digestion or nutrient absorption. They're like the ultimate fast-track to [...]

By |2024-03-04T21:21:57-08:00June 5th, 2024|

Kombucha is NOT a Mushroom

Did You Know THIS About Kombucha? “The Kombucha is not a mushroom, but several yeasts living symbiotically with several bacteria. But we have little idea of what it is, no idea what its side effects are. And no doubt that it can become contaminated by spores in the air. You could kill yourself or your [...]

By |2024-08-23T05:05:18-08:00May 8th, 2024|

Elemental Diet – Exclusive diet, Half diet – What Should I Do?

Must I do an Exclusive Elemental Diet? This is Part 3 of my Elemental Diet Series. I outline your options for the different ways you can use an elemental diet to facilitate bowel rest, gut healing, and a microbiome reset. I tell you when it's best to go on a 100% exclusively elemental diet (pre-digested [...]

By |2024-01-29T21:07:38-08:00April 10th, 2024|

Powerful Herbs In ColonEaze~Move for Constipation & Detox

Herbs In ColonEaze~Move Each of the herbs in ColonEaze~Move provides a gentle, mild laxative effect. But they also support the liver, kidneys, spleen, gallbladder and detoxification pathways. When you're treating the cause of constipation, you don't just want to use herbs that stimulate a bowel movement. You want to look at why the body is [...]

By |2024-02-14T12:09:56-08:00March 13th, 2024|

Healing Your Body By Listening To Your Gut: Fresh Leaf Forever Podcast Interviews Jini

Healing your body by listening to your gut In this fascinating interview with Jini Patel Thompson, founder of Listen to Your Gut and author of multiple books, host Vai Kumar uncovers lots of impactful information about Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's, Colitis, Diverticulitis, and IBS). A very personal topic to both guest and host, this episode [...]

By |2024-02-28T08:02:07-08:00February 28th, 2024|

How Can an Elemental Diet Help My Gut & How do I Use It?

Elemental Diet for Gut Issues! In this video - or read the text below - we're going to talk about the purpose, effectiveness and applications of an elemental diet in restoring a damaged gut to good health. This is Part 2 of my Top Elemental Diet FAQs. For Part 1, click here where I answer [...]

By |2024-08-23T05:18:09-08:00February 14th, 2024|

Elemental Diet: A Guide for Understanding the Body’s Intolerance vs. Herxheimer

The Only Elemental Diet Guide You Will Need! Embarking on an elemental diet can be transformative, but questions often arise about tolerances and healing processes. Let's explore insights from a recent video I released on YouTube, where I answered my TOP reader questions about the Elemental Diet. Check out the video below: Frequently Asked Questions [...]

By |2024-08-23T05:20:21-08:00January 31st, 2024|

Scar Tissue Protocols, Jini’s Journey, Elemental Diets & the Subconscious

In this podcast, health coach and yoga teacher Cate Stillman interviews me after she discovered my work during a search for help with scar tissue protocols and adhesions. So a lot of the podcast is us discussing my protocols for reducing or dissolving scar tissue, and why surgery is not usually the solution. But we [...]

By |2023-11-15T21:04:48-08:00January 3rd, 2024|

Personal Health Consults – Collaboration with Dane & Linsy

Personal Health Support and Legal Boundaries You likely already know that I am not legally able to give personal health advice - I am not a licensed healthcare professional - I am simply a layperson, a journalist, sharing my personal journey and opinion ;) However, of course I understand how valuable it can be to [...]

By |2024-05-31T08:54:08-08:00December 20th, 2023|

Lymphoma or Not? The Body Is The Messenger for the Subconscious

Listen to Your Body Did I have lymphoma, or did I not? Does an official medical diagnosis even matter? Serious transformation becomes possible when we choose to view our symptoms as messages from our body; our deeper wisdom, our higher self, our subconscious. My body is speaking to me... what is it saying? When we [...]

By |2024-01-25T22:22:45-08:00November 22nd, 2023|

Does Bentonite Put Lead Into Your Stomach?

Is bentonite clay a beneficial substance? Is it good for detoxing the body, addressing diarrhea, chelating heavy metals? Or does it cause a heavy metal problem? One of my readers asked this question after reading my research post on Bentonite Clay for gut problems: "I’m hoping you can clarify whether the statements (see below snippet) [...]

By |2023-09-18T09:18:13-08:00November 8th, 2023|

Why You Must Clear Pathogens Before or During an Elemental Diet

This reader's experience shows why it is absolutely crucial to use Jini's Wild Oregano Oil Protocol - or the anti-pathogen treatment of your choice - before, and/or during an elemental diet. "I started the Elemental diet for over 7 weeks. I experienced persistent weight loss and eventually could barely stomach water. I was offered hospitalization [...]

By |2023-09-29T11:11:15-08:00October 25th, 2023|

The Paradox of Healing

Is there a part of you that doesn't actually want to heal? Join me and Dane Johnson as we explore the roots of self-directed healing, in this excerpt from our latest podcast. "The healing journey is a gift from your higher self to act as a path of growth and development into the fullness and [...]

By |2023-09-16T17:01:03-08:00October 11th, 2023|

Extreme Health Info Censorship… watch out…

I am extremely concerned with what's happening around alternative/natural health information on this planet - especially in North America - and wanted to give you all a 'heads up!' so you can be informed and prepared for the extreme health info censorship. Of course, it all started with the big-C rollout. At that time, they [...]

By |2023-09-19T07:43:07-08:00September 27th, 2023|

Insights on IBD & IBS from a Functional Medicine Perspective

Functional medicine practitioner Jenni Berman joins me for this podcast where we discuss: Leaky gut and gut permeability The gut lining/bacteria penetration Antibody and cytokine reactions leading to autoimmune disease Cortisol's impact on the gut lining, Food sensitivities vs allergies (IgG vs IgE) Jenni discusses the testing recommendations for individuals with autoimmune disease/IBD from a [...]

By |2024-02-22T11:20:43-08:00September 13th, 2023|

Trace Matrix: Fulvic and Minerals For Gentle Detox, Energy & Immune Boost

My latest formulation for Imix, Trace Matrix, contains 70 fulvic ionic trace minerals that are now missing from our soil (thanks to pesticides, herbicides and monocrops). These minerals also used to be present in our water – when our water ran through natural rock and soil, and wasn’t extensively filtered and processed. Thus Trace Matrix [...]

By |2023-08-30T11:43:21-08:00August 30th, 2023|

Natural Remedies for Leaky Gut Syndrome

By the time people find their way to my Crohn’s, colitis, and diverticulitis treatments, their bacterial flora is usually unbalanced throughout their gastrointestinal tract. The repeated use of antibiotics (often since childhood) and the invasive medical diagnostic tests alone have destroyed much of the “good” (protective) bacteria in their small and large intestines. When the [...]

By |2023-08-29T10:36:03-08:00August 29th, 2023|

The Gifts of Chronic Illness

Ready to see RESULTS in your healing journey? Dane Johnson and I have a lively discussion on the deeper healing of Crohn's, IBS, SIBO, diverticulitis, colitis - or ANY long-term chronic illness! Dane calls me the Top G of IBD, which leads us to a funny little detour into Andrew Tate.* Then we do a [...]

By |2024-02-22T11:21:15-08:00August 2nd, 2023|

Whole Foods To Heal Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Whole Foods To Heal Inflammatory Bowel Disease If you prefer to stick with whole foods to heal inflammatory bowel disease (and your system can tolerate them), or you cannot afford to go on an elemental diet, or pay for the targeted healing supplements for IBD or IBS, then I have a few options for you [...]

By |2023-07-18T22:07:53-08:00July 18th, 2023|

Food Intuitive Gail Blair – What Does Your Body Say?

Join me for a deep dive into food and intuition with professional chef and food/health intuitive, Gail Blair. Gail tells us how she developed her abilities, and how you can work with muscle testing to assist your intuition. And then we get into discussing food allergy testing accuracy and reliability. Have you ever thought about [...]

By |2024-02-22T11:22:01-08:00July 4th, 2023|

How To Detox From Glyphosate

More than 80% of U.S. children and adults, aged 6 years and up, have detectable levels of glyphosate in their urine, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those of you who subscribe to Dr. Mercola's newsletter will have already seen his in-depth information on this topic and what we [...]

By |2024-02-22T11:21:28-08:00June 27th, 2023|

LTYG 3rd Edition Now Available!!

I am thrilled to announce the LTYG 3rd Edition is now available!! Since the first edition of Listen To Your Gut was published (in 2000) it has become an International Bestseller and I’ve received literally thousands of letters, questions and feedback from readers. Based on your feedback and questions, and due to the continual stream [...]

By |2024-02-22T11:21:34-08:00June 21st, 2023|

Do Colonoscopies Contribute to Parkinson’s?

Do colonoscopies contribute to Parkinson's? I was sent this information by one of my readers, Susan, who has been doing quite a bit of research on this topic. I think her findings are interesting and definitely worth keeping an eye on. And perhaps one of you has more information or experience to contribute? I have [...]

By |2023-06-19T12:48:16-08:00June 18th, 2023|

DMSO and Castor Oil For Scar Tissue

Before we get into how to treat/heal scar tissue, it's best if you have a really good understanding of what scar tissue is composed of, the different forms it can take in the body, and how it behaves. In the video below, I ask Mary Cox (physiotherapist) from ClearPassage.com these questions. And she gives us [...]

By |2023-11-21T22:46:56-08:00June 6th, 2023|

How to Use Lysine for Cold Sores and Herpes

My father, myself, and my kids all carry the herpes virus (stats show 67% of people under age 50 are infected) and it breaks out on my lips, and around and inside my nose whenever I get short of sleep, or stressed = run down. Remember: healthy food, enough sleep and low stress are cornerstones [...]

By |2023-06-05T11:55:42-08:00June 4th, 2023|

Help for Ongoing Gut Issues

Need help for ongoing gut issues? I want to share this email from a reader because I think his issues and questions are common to anyone with gut issues - whether they have SIBO, IBS, colitis, diverticulitis, etc. His plan is a good one - and as you can see, he has experienced some really [...]

By |2023-05-16T18:40:13-08:00May 16th, 2023|

Can Banana Peels Whiten Teeth and Remove Warts?

Here's another useful video from Dr. Alan Mandell where he shows you how to use a banana peel to help whiten your teeth, along with other useful ways banana peels can be used: Also, here's a selection of really useful comments from viewers about how they've used banana peels for splinters and warts and how [...]

By |2023-04-25T20:31:27-08:00April 24th, 2023|

Teas to Detox Liver and Support Lungs

If your liver or your lungs need support - perhaps you've got a stubborn cough or mucus problem that just won't go away - you can always use herbal capsules, or tinctures dropped into hot water (my favorite). But you can also use teas made from common grocery ingredients. Here are some easy recipes/teas to [...]

By |2023-04-18T19:15:34-08:00April 18th, 2023|

Wild Oregano for Hand Foot & Mouth Disease

Can you use wild oregano oil for hand foot & mouth disease? The best way I can answer this question from a reader is by telling you a story of my own personal experience with hand, foot, and mouth disease when my son was 2 years old. "Hi! I'm awaiting a Dr appointment for my [...]

By |2023-03-31T11:48:38-08:00March 31st, 2023|

Challenges & Solutions for Elemental Diet Success

Join me in this video as I speak with Dr. Roy & Debbie Steinbock on the challenges and solutions for elemental diet success. Roy & Debbie have been prescribing and supporting thousands of clients through an elemental diet for over 15 years. They have tons of experience dealing with all the challenges people face and [...]

By |2023-06-26T13:17:00-08:00March 28th, 2023|

Which Version of Absorb Plus Elemental Shake Should I Use?

We often get this question - which version of Absorb Plus elemental shake should I use? Absorb Plus is an amazingly delicious, elemental diet shake comprised of the highest quality, natural, elemental (pre-digested) ingredients. Formulated by Jini Patel Thompson, Absorb Plus can be used for many purposes - allergy testing, clearing intestinal obstruction, bowel rest [...]

By |2024-02-26T11:21:07-08:00March 23rd, 2023|

WHICH Version of ColonEaze Should I Use?

So I've seen a lot of orders come through the LTYG Shoppe, where people are buying BOTH ColonEaze~Firm and ColonEaze~Move. This is really puzzling to me, or perhaps more people than I realize have spastic colon...? I also wonder if y'all are confused about which one to use - perhaps I haven't explained it well [...]

By |2023-07-12T20:37:00-08:00March 17th, 2023|

Strengthen Your Gut Before and After an Endoscopy

My father was having some odd upper GI symptoms for a few months. Compared to the journey I had (severe Ulcerative Colitis), he had relatively a healthy gut for most of his life. So we knew something was up! I looked into the mind-body component of course, and different supplements, but he had decided he [...]

By |2023-04-18T12:10:55-08:00March 14th, 2023|

LTYG Podcast: Iodine, the Thyroid and Adrenals

Have you struggled with thyroid issues? Do you suspect your hormones are out of balance? Do you do too much, have poor boundaries around your time and energy, and run your adrenals like a beat horse? We started this discussion with me asking Dr. Scott Tyler ND to tell us what's in his personal medicine [...]

By |2023-03-28T16:04:19-08:00March 12th, 2023|

Toe Fungus for Decades – Natural Remedy

Looking for a natural remedy for toe fungus? I recently received this email from a reader and his mother asking about how to heal stubborn toe fungus: I was watching Jini's video about Oregano Oil and its use with toe fungus. I'm 61 years old and I've had toe fungus for decades on my right [...]

By |2023-04-05T21:48:19-08:00March 6th, 2023|

Painful Restroom Trips? Try a Squatty Potty!

In Jini's blog post, Natural Rectal Prolapse Treatment, she explains that the western practice of sitting on the toilet prevents the rectum from straightening out and opening – making us much more prone to bowel prolapse, constipation, hemorrhoids, and anal fissures! Squatting on the toilet is best, or using a squatting platform like the Squatty [...]

By |2023-04-12T10:56:03-08:00March 2nd, 2023|

Natural Remedy for Anal Stenosis and Stricture

Looking for a natural remedy for anal stenosis and stricture? When inflammation has been present for a long time in the rectum or anal canal, it sometimes causes scarring (fibrosis). Repeated ulceration and healing (often from proctitis) can also result in scar tissue. Surgical procedures for hemorrhoids, skin tags, anal dilation, sphincterectomy, etc. all cause [...]

By |2023-09-14T00:20:44-08:00February 26th, 2023|

Why Did I Manifest This Disease?

We had some GREAT questions come in from a member of my Lazer Tapping program (mind/body/spirit self-healing technique) and I just had to record a video reply! Why Did I Manifest This Disease? The question reads: "What kind of support can be offered specifically around diving into & processing the emotional baggage behind the crohn’s [...]

By |2023-06-30T20:20:03-08:00February 23rd, 2023|

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Listen on your Favorite Platform! Motivation, Inspiration and Hope for a Healthy, Joyful, Vibrant Life. Your deep body wisdom knows what you need. Jini Patel Thompson shares tools and resources to help you connect and listen to your gut. By subscribing to this podcast, you will automatically receive the latest episodes downloaded to your computer [...]

By |2023-02-24T10:04:49-08:00February 18th, 2023|

How To Gain Weight Using Absorb Plus

There are a few different ways to gain weight using Absorb Plus elemental diet shakes - and the methods differ depending on whether you need to keep the shakes elemental (enteral diet) or whether you can add regular foods and liquids to the shakes (half elemental diet, or just using as a supplement to regular [...]

By |2023-03-29T12:03:28-08:00February 10th, 2023|
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