Written by Sarah Downing, Butterflies & Phoenixes The week it was published in 2010, this article ranked number three out of several hundred articles on thyroid disease featured on Google News. This article was written shortly after my diagnosis. I’m pleased to...

Sensitive to smells and coffee? High LDL and triglycerides? It can be your liver. The liver is the largest organ of the body. Do you know where is it found? Put your right hand over the end of your right rib cage, just below the diaphragm – your hand is now over your...

Resistant starch foods (RS foods) contain a type of carbohydrate that our digestive enzymes cannot break down in the stomach or small intestine. They therefore reach the colon intact, “resisting” digestion. This explains why we do not see spikes in either blood...

If you suffer from heartburn and take antacids to get relief, you are not alone.  It’s estimated that 60 million Americans suffer from heartburn or reflux at least once a month. It’s easy to understand why you reach for the antacids – they work.  You get fast relief,...

Black magic. Black medicine. Morning elixir. If you had to give up either coffee or the internet for 2 weeks, which one would you choose? How about either coffee or sex for 2 weeks? Yeah, that was me, too. Warning: if you love coffee and can’t live without it, this...