Healthy Changes to Your Diet This Winter

Healthy Changes to Your Diet This Winter

As the temperature drops, our nutritional needs change. Except for winter-sports enthusiasts, people become less physically active. After all, when it’s cold and snowy outside, even a trip to a neighborhood grocery store is a daunting task. And with the advent of cold and flu season, staying healthy takes a bit more effort. What’s more, nutrition-packed fruits and vegetables that were plentiful during the summer may be in short supply—and take a bigger chunk out of our wallets.

Could Anxiety Be Affecting Your Gut?

Could Anxiety Be Affecting Your Gut?

Has something ever given you “butterflies” in your stomach? Have you ever reacted to something that made you “feel sick to your stomach”? These expressions are the result of an unlikely source, your “second” brain. Your gastrointestinal tract is, in fact, susceptible to emotion. Anger, anxiety, happiness, and fear are all reactions that your gut could trigger.