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Why It Takes Guts To Be Healthy – Part 2 Understanding Probiotics, Prebiotics and Leaky Gut Syndrome

Gut Health Probiotics

How Bacteria Rule Your Intestines And Your Life

Your gastrointestinal tract is considered one of the most complex microbial ecosystems in the world. The microbes in your gut not only affect your digestion, but your entire health. It is estimated nearly 100 trillion fungi, bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms compose your body’s micro-flora. You have 10 to 1 bacteria to cells in your body. Basically humans are living bacteria, and without them our species would cease to exist. To say this relationship between bacteria and the human host is essential, but yet greatly misunderstood by most is an understatement.

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Why It Takes Guts To Be Healthy – Part 1 Understanding Basic Digestion

Primal Power Method Gary Collins Understanding Healthy Digestion

Why It Takes Guts To Be Healthy

When I say “it takes guts” to be healthy I mean this figuratively and literally. Gut health has been known in the alternative health arena for several years, but recently the mainstream health industry has jumped on board. Matter of fact, a day doesn’t go by where I don’t see an advertisement in either print media or on television touting some miracle probiotic, or digestive health supplement. So what does it all mean? As, my loyal followers know, the health community loves to jump on trendy topics, and then confuse you to no end. All in the name of money and greed, never really your health.

When it comes to gut health, this is where the journey to optimal health really starts. But unlike those supposed health companies touting there product as a miracle to regaining your gut health, and overall health, I’m going to break this topic down into the real nitty-gritty.

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What Being A Survivalist Means To Me

How to be more self reliant and living the survivalist lifestyle

Today a lot of terms are thrown around when it comes to living a simpler or more self-reliant lifestyle, but the word I like to use that encompasses all of them is the term survivalist.

The reason I want to put my own slant on what a survivalist means to me, is because I think the term has been skewed by popular television shows, and by people who call themselves survivalist or preppers, who are really neither.

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Off The Grid Security: Important Lesson Learned

Primal Power Method Gary Collins Off The Grid Security
Bushnell Wireless Game/Security Camera with Steel Lock Box

Now this was a lesson I had to learn the hard way, as we often think off the grid remoteness means the problems we had in modern urban society will not affect us. When it comes to our dwelling and personal property security, us off the grid folks often ignore, or greatly under estimate this important element.

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Off The Grid Project – The End Of Season #2

Here is Episode #15 of My Off The Grid Project

Gary Collins:  Hey, everyone. This is the last update of my Off the Grid project for 2015. I want to show you here, is the power shed. It looks a little different than the last time you saw it.

I have two of the panels up. Four more will be on the roof. Right now it’s just trickle charging the batteries, and we have the electrical wired inside.

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