EMB #443: Digestive Health with Kristin Brown

On this edition of Exploring Mind and Body Kristin Brown is going to talk about the importance of understanding digestive health. As a registered dietician she says the good majority of her clients deal with digestion issues in some way. On today’s show we’ll focus on how 70% of our immune system residents in our gut, serotonin production in our gut and basic digestion and absorption.

Kristin Brown is a Registered Dietitian running a local and online nutrition consulting practice in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Kristin is the voice behind the blog Grounded Health Nutrition, helping people craft a healthy life they love using delicious food and sustainable lifestyle practices. Through her practice, Kristin shows people that eating healthy and loving the food they eat CAN be done and that creating a lifestyle that is both healthy AND indulgent is the key to long term success.

Show Notes:

• Digestive health,
• inflammation
• diet sustainability
• focus on prevention
• immune system
• digestion and absorption
• antibiotics
• probiotics
• gas, bloating, indigestion, diarrhea is not normal
• chew your food
• rest and digest
• mindful eating 
• gut health bacteria
• fermented foods
• puradyme (where to get probiotics)
• back to basics
• whole foods