Episode 80: Can Your Gut Heal Your Joints?
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Your body is a host to trillions of microbes. These microbes can influence your health and your joints in a powerful way. Check out the podcast to learn more.
References I talked about:
- https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/11/gut-bacteria-may-cause-rheumatoid-arthritis
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24355439
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20067641
- https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/08/09/rheumatoid-arthritis-remission.aspx
- https://www.arpapress.com/volumes/vol14issue1/ijrras_14_1_02.pdf
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Can Your Gut Heal Your Joints?
When I first started with cultured foods almost two decades ago, one of the first things I noticed was the relief of joint pain in my knee. This was in the very beginning of drinking and making kefir every day. If I quit drinking kefir, it only took about three to four days before the pain would return, so I kept drinking my kefir! Kefir wasn't the only cultured food that helped me with pain in my joints - kombucha and cultured veggies have helped me too. . .
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Hi friends! I’m Donna and this is my […]