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Rice and chicken for a dog with diarrhea? Why this myth may harm the digestive system
Why rice is not always the soothing food we think it is, and what matters when the digestive system is already inflamed and vulnerable.
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Articles about therapeutic nutrition, the digestive system, biological burden and the path back to real food.
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The ‘suddenly’ that did not really happen suddenly
What looks like a sudden flare-up is usually the moment when the system can no longer contain a burden that has been building over time.
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The ‘medical food’ dilemma: managing a marker or healing the body?
Medical food may be designed around a specific marker, but the body that needs to recover also requires high-quality, available building materials.
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The microbiome: your dog’s second brain
The connection between gut and brain helps explain why a sensitive stomach, restlessness and hypervigilance so often appear together.
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The antibiotic cycle in chronic diarrhea: why does it keep coming back?
Antibiotics may stop diarrhea, but when conditions in the gut remain unchanged, the symptom can return as well.
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‘My dog is allergic to everything,’ or is their system simply overwhelmed?
Itching, paw licking and recurring inflammation do not always begin with an allergy. Sometimes they are the visible expression of a cumulative burden.
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‘They’re just picky’: why is your dog really refusing food?
Refusing food is not always fussiness. Sometimes it is a physiological protective mechanism telling us what the body can manage.
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What happens in the body during 21 days of transitioning to fresh, cooked food?
A week-by-week look at the adaptation, balance and rebuilding that can begin when processed food makes way for fresh food.
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The symptom is not the problem. It is the body’s communication
A healthy body is not one that never reacts. It knows how to respond to a burden, deal with it and return to balance.
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‘Rich in vitamins’ or simply fortified? The truth about a bag of dry food
The difference between food that is naturally rich in nutrients and a processed product to which vitamins and minerals were added back.
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Flea and tick tablets: another way to look at toxic burden
When the body is already carrying multiple burdens, parasite medication becomes another element it must process and eliminate.
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The symptom is not the problem. It is only the cover image
The symptom is the part that became visible. Healing begins when we stop fighting it and start asking why it appeared.
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