UltraFlora Spectrum

February 2019 Specials

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This Month’s Special: UltraFlora Spectrum When it comes to probiotic supplements, what you see isn’t always what you get! Quality is of utmost importance when choosing a probiotic off of the shelf. Be sure to read the fine print – if a probiotic states that it has 5 billion CFU per capsule (for example), check to make sure that means at the time of expiration, not at the time of manufacture. If the bottle can’t confirm that the dose on the labeling is accurate at the time of expiration, there is no knowing how many bacteria are actually in the capsules …

The Heart of Health: Your Gut

The Heart of Health: Your Gut

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It’s February!  A month devoted to love, passion, and all matters of the heart.  From a physiological perspective, our hearts play a crucial role in sustaining life, but the true “heart” of health resides someplace else, perhaps unexpected – the gut!  Hippocrates knew this long ago when he declared, “All disease starts in the gut.” Twenty-five hundred years later, science is confirming what Hippocrates knew (in his gut) and it’s a fascinating time for science and gut health. Gut basics What is actually meant by “the gut”? Our digestive tract starts in our mouths, travels down our esophagus, into the …