Coconut Water: Is It Good for You? Benefits vs. Sports Drinks
What coconut water is, what a cup gives you, how its potassium works on your hydration, blood pressure, kidneys and gut, how it compares with water and sports drinks, and how to choose it and use it.
Hyponatremia (Low Sodium): Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
What a low blood sodium means, the signs from mild to severe, what tips water and salt out of balance, when it's an emergency, and the food-first steps that bring your sodium back and keep it steady.
Aloe Vera Juice: Benefits, How to Make It & How Much to Drink
What aloe vera juice is, how its inner-leaf gel soothes and coats your gut lining, what it does for IBS, reflux and blood sugar, how much to drink, how to make it at home and how to choose a good one.
Healthy Carbs: 30 Good Carbs to Eat and Bad Carbs to Cut
What makes a carb good or bad, 30 healthy carbs to eat by food group with their USDA numbers, how many carbs to eat and when, and how Dr. Axe builds a plate that keeps blood sugar steady, with recipes.
Goldenseal: Benefits, Root Powder, Tea, Dosage & Side Effects
What goldenseal root is, how its bitter alkaloids work on digestion, the mucous membranes and the gut's microbes, what the research shows, how to take the powder, tea or tincture, and who should skip it.
Artificial Sweeteners: The 5 Worst and Healthy Alternatives
What artificial sweeteners are, what the research links them to in your gut, blood sugar and heart, the five worst to avoid, where they hide on labels, and the natural sweeteners Dr. Axe uses instead, with recipes.
Gelatin: Benefits, Uses, Recipes & What It's Made Of
What gelatin is made of, what it does for your gut lining, joints, sleep and skin, how it compares with collagen peptides, why the source animal matters, how much to take a day, and simple recipes to use it.
Canker Sore: Causes, Treatment & How to Get Rid of One Fast
What a canker sore is, what sets one off, the natural remedies that shrank sores and eased pain in clinical trials, the toothpaste and nutrient changes that cut repeat sores, and when a mouth sore needs a closer look.
Apricots: Benefits, Nutrition, Dried vs. Fresh & Recipes
What apricots are, what a cup of fresh halves and a quarter cup of dried ones give you, how their beta-carotene, fiber and potassium work in your eyes, gut and blood vessels, how to choose unsulfured dried apricots, and five easy recipes.
Strawberry Nutrition, Benefits, How to Wash Them & Recipes
What a cup of strawberries gives you, what they do for your blood sugar, inflammation, heart, joints and memory, why to buy them organic, how to wash and store them, and 14 strawberry recipes and ideas.
Creatine: Benefits, Uses, Dosage & Side Effects
A physician's evidence-based guide to creatine, the most-researched supplement in sports nutrition, what it does in the body, and how to use it for muscle, healthy aging, and the brain.
BPC-157 Benefits: Healing, Gut Repair & Recovery
BPC-157 is one of the most remarkable regenerative peptides we have. It's a cellular messenger, modeled on a compound your own gut makes, that helps the body repair tendons, ligaments, muscle, and the intestinal lining. Here's how it works, what the research and clinical experience show, how it compares to TB-500, and how to use it responsibly.
Ginger Oil: Benefits, Uses, Dilution, Safety & How to Take It
What ginger oil is, how its warmth works on nausea, sore joints and a sluggish gut, what the human trials show, and how to dilute, diffuse and take it by the drop.
Edamame: Nutrition, Benefits, Protein & How to Eat It
What edamame is, what a cup of the shelled beans gives you, how its plant isoflavones help women through menopause, what soy foods do for cholesterol, bone and breast health, and how to buy organic edamame and cook it.
Easy-to-Digest Foods: 35 Gentle Foods and What to Limit
The 35 foods that are easiest on your stomach, from bone broth and eggs to rice, cooked vegetables and kefir, why each one is gentle, the hard-to-digest foods to limit, and how to eat after a stomach bug, a cold or a big holiday meal.
Winter Melon (Ash Gourd): Benefits, Nutrition, Uses & Recipes
What winter melon is, what a cup gives you, how Chinese medicine and Ayurveda use this cooling gourd, what it does for blood pressure and digestion, and how to cook it in soup, tea, juice and dal.
Haritaki Benefits, Uses & Dosage: Ayurveda's King of Medicines
What haritaki is, how Ayurveda uses it to keep digestion and elimination moving, what the human trials show for gums, seasonal colds and skin, how to take the powder, tea or triphala, four recipes and who should skip it.
Activated Charcoal: Uses, Benefits, Side Effects & Dosage
What activated charcoal is, how it binds toxins in your gut, how emergency teams use it for poisonings, what it does for gas, kidney disease, cholesterol and teeth, and how Dr. Axe uses it in a short detox.
Garlic: Benefits, Nutrition, Raw vs. Aged & How Much to Eat
What garlic does for your blood pressure, cholesterol, immune defenses and gut, why you crush it and wait, how raw, cooked and aged garlic compare, and how much to eat a day.
Amylopectin: What It Is, Foods & How It Affects Blood Sugar
What amylopectin is, how it differs from amylose, which foods carry the most of it, what human trials show for blood sugar and insulin, and how cooking, cooling and the order you eat your food change its effect.
