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Belly Health, Bitters, & The Microbiome
Modern research suggests that the population of microorganisms living within as well as on the surface of our bodies, known as the microbiome, influences our immune response, neural development, digestion, and recent research now demonstrates our mood, behavior, and food cravings as well. According to Dr. Louis Vitetta, Matthew Bambling, and Hollie Alford, authors of "The gastrointestinal tract microbiome, probiotics, and mood Inflammopharmacology," we have ten times more bacterial cells than human cells and one hundred times more types of bacterial genes than human genes! From this perspective, we are in some way more bacteria than we are human! Perhaps this is why it...
NW Herbal Symposium 2018
2018 Northwest Herb SymposiumBotanicals at the Beach August 23-26 We couldn't be more excited for registration opening for “Botanicals at the Beach,” the 2018 Northwest Herb Symposium!! The weekend of August 23rd through the 26th will feature world-class educational workshops by both national and regional teachers in the fields of botany and natural medicine including: Paul Bergner, Mary Bove, Chanchal Cabrera, Rosalee de la Forêt, Ryan Drum, EagleSong Gardener, Christopher Hobbs, Denise Joy, Julie Charette Nunn, Suzanne Tabert and Netta Zeberoff. Learning opportunities will include educational workshop tracks for budding herbalists, advanced students and practitioners alike. These workshops will be a...
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