Emily Epsten

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Natural Strategies to Feel Better

The foundations of health are simple and have remained constant throughout our history as humans – a nutrient dense diet, daily movement, sufficient sleep, regular stress management, strong social connections with family and friends, and time spent in nature. And they all naturally support a healthy gut. Without any adverse side effects.

How to Optimize Sleep for Your Gut

You can’t be healthy, or expect your gut symptoms to improve, if you aren’t getting sufficient, high-quality sleep. According to Dr. Ruscio’s book, Healthy Gut Healthy You, poor sleep is correlated with gut damage, including an imbalance of gut bacteria. The opposite is also true: poor gut health can lead to inadequate quality sleep. Like …

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Do Vegtables Hurt Your Gut? Give These Solutions a Try.

We all know veggies are an integral part of a healthy diet. And for many people transitioning to a healthier diet, the first step is adding more veggies into meals and snacks. Which is smart! Vegetables are a great source of certain key nutrients, and depending on the vegetable, include … Vitamin C Vitamin E …

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The Key to Health is Defining it for Yourself

No matter where you are on your health journey (which is a life-long journey by the way!) one of the major keys to success is to personally define what “healthy” means to you. Not what you’ve been told by movies, social media, advertisements, friends or family, but your own, personalized definition of health, one that …

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How to Find Your ‘Why’ and Accomplish Your Health Goals

“Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.”― Friedrich Nietzsche It is extremely difficult to make changes in our lives, especially those related to our health. We all know what to do to be healthy – don’t smoke, eat a healthy diet, get sufficient sleep, move and exercise our bodies, …

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