Health & Wellness Articles from Amy Myers, MD

Woman eating a salad - Eating Healthy During The Holidays - AMMD™

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Healthy Living
Nutrition

Healthy Holiday Eating: Gut-Friendly, AIP Diets

 Temptations are everywhere, especially this time of year. While dinners and holiday parties make this time memorable, they often disrupt the healthy routines you created for yourself. This can make eating healthy during the holidays truly challenging.
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Charcuterie board - Histamine Intolerance: All You Need to Know - AMMD™
Diet
Health Focus
Histamine Intolerance: All You Need to Know
Histamine intolerance can be extremely frustrating because your symptoms often feel like they come out of the blue. Trust me when I say, I understand! I had histamine intolerance for several years before I discovered the root cause. I kept getting terrible headaches at the most seemingly unpredictable moments. Fortunately, I discovered that histamine intolerance was the source of this frustrating symptom.
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Pouring supplements in hand - Fixing Leaky Gut: Avoid These 10 Mistakes - AMMD™
Health Focus
Leaky Gut
Fixing Leaky Gut: Avoid These 10 Mistakes
The quest for discovering how to fix leaky gut is no longer a mystery. You may be familiar with the basics, but if your digestive issues, eczema, brain fog, seasonal allergies, or other symptoms persist, don’t give up! Learning how to fix leaky gut permanently takes time. Remember, everyone responds to protocols differently, and there are several factors that can complicate your leaky gut treatment.
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Autoimmunity
Gut Health
What Are the Benefits of MCT Oil and Should You Try It?
The medium-chain fatty acids in MCT oil are isolated and extracted from coconut oil’s long-chain fatty acids. Despite coming from these longer-chain fatty acids, MCT oil’s shorter chemical structure can benefit your gut health in amazing ways that coconut oil can’t! 
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Woman looking in the mirror at herself. Article, The Broad Spectrum of L-Glutamine Benefits
Health Focus
Leaky Gut
The Broad Spectrum of L-Glutamine Benefits
L-Glutamine is one of the most critical amino acids in your body. This powerful amino acid is your body’s natural cell builder, yet more importantly, cell rebuilder. However, the benefits of L-Glutamine go beyond your cells. It’s needed for brain health, liver and kidney function, metabolic health, and supports heart health. Athletes are turning to L-Glutamine to help with muscle recovery since it’s needed to build proteins that increase muscle mass. The benefits of L-Glutamine are truly amazing!
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Woman clutching stomach - The Myers Way® Approach to Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Amy Myers MD®
Gut Health
Inflammation
The Myers Way® Approach to Inflammatory Bowel Disease
What Is Inflammatory Bowel Disease Between 60 and 70 million people in the US suffer from gut infections and digestive diseases1 Among these, three conditions are the most common. These include Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Functional...
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Flat Stomach - They Myers Way® Pillar I: Heal Your Gut
Autoimmunity
Gut Health
The Myers Way® Pillar I: Heal Your Gut
This is the first part of a four-part series, based on The Autoimmune Solution. Read the other parts here: Pillar I: Heal your gut. Pillar II: Get rid of gluten, grains, and legumes. Pillar III: Tame the toxins. Pillar IV:...
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Hands with Medication in Palm - 5 Medications that Can Cause - Amy Myers MD®
Gut Health
Leaky Gut
5 Medications that Can Cause Leaky Gut
Modern medicine is a double-edged sword. While it has helped us in addressing many acute concerns, the most common challenges in healthcare today are chronic issues. Conventional medicine has no true solution for such conditions as autoimmune diseases, diabetes, thyroid...
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Woman Waking Up with Headache - The SIBO & Histamine Intolerance Connection - Amy Myers MD®
Gut Health
Histamine Intolerance
The SIBO & Histamine Intolerance Connection
Are you dealing with histamine intolerance? If so, I’ll bet you’re frustrated by the symptoms that seem to come out of nowhere, ranging from headaches to an itchy runny nose, face flushing, unexplained anxiety, and a myriad of other health...
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