Holiday Wish List from Your Gut Microbiome

With the holidays upon us, you’ve probably seen a wish list or two. Maybe you’ve written one. But between this year’s trendiest gift and that top of your Santa list gadget, your body is quietly trying to get a word in, too. Maybe this year will be the year you gift yourself a little gut…

Tackling the Holidays Without Food Intolerances Tackling You

There is nothing more American than football, and the holidays just wouldn’t be the same without sporting your favorite team’s jersey, cheering at a TV screen (or in person if you’re lucky!), and groaning when the refs make a bad call. The holidays can also be one of the hardest times of the year when…

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: Restoring Your Gut’s Zen

  Ohmmmm. You can just feel the good vibes flowing through your gut, right? You’re extracting every single nutrient from the food you’ve eaten, digestion is chugging along at a steady pace, everything is going just right… Except when it isn’t. Belly bloating, constipation, diarrhea, flatulence, burping. Yikes. What is happening in there? Let’s take…

$1,000 Donation to Raleigh Rescue Mission

GastroIntestinal Healthcare has donated $1,000 to the Raleigh Rescue Mission. Homelessness doesn’t have a certain look. You may or may not notice the men, women and children who are struggling with homelessness. They may be sleeping in their car, or on a friend’s couch. Perhaps they’re living temporarily with their parents, or in a motel…

Ways You Can Provide Support for Your Loved One with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

It can be devastating to watch a loved one struggle with a chronic disease like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Even when they do everything “right,” everything their doctor says to do, their disease doesn’t always respond as expected.  But don’t give up. You are such an important part of your loved one’s plan of care…