Sleep issues can have many potential causes, including stress, medication side effects, and hormone dysregulation. While I always aim to address the root cause, I first recommend starting with these sleep hygiene tips to help improve sleep quality.

Did you know your body is always detoxing? Your liver and kidneys—along with other organs like your intestines and skin—are constantly working to filter hormones, chemicals, nutrients, and more from your body. Here’s the catch, these organs, and in particular your liver, can get overwhelmed.

PPIs reduce important gastric secretions, and often folks take them daily for years to help with digestive distress. PPIs however, don’t address the root cause of digestive upset, and as such keep you reliant on them for relief.

There is mixed information out there on what the optimal amount of water is, as it varies so much from person to person. I generally recommend you drink half your body weight in ounces, and more if you exercise or are out in hot weather.

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