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In a world of ever-changing wellness trends and information, what does it mean to truly be well?

I'm Ariel Lurie and I'm going to explore this with you.

I am bringing you candid conversations that will equip you with everything you need to live your best life

and look good doing it. Think of Well is your go-to resource for all of the latest in wellness

and me as your internet bestie. Well, let's get into it. Hi, everybody, welcome to the show. I have

such a good episode for you today. I have returning guest Tina Anderson on. I have known Tina now for years since she first came on the podcast. I don't even know how long ago. And we have such great rapport, which always makes for a great conversation, in my opinion. And I love having her on because she is able to

talk about something that can be a little bit technical and dry and confusing, which is gut health

and how gut health plays a role in overall health and well-being and specific things that we can

do to improve our gut health.

And she makes it really, really digestible, pun-intended, and fun-intended, and fun and easy to listen to and easy to apply to our own lives. I think sometimes when I have doctors on, their delivery

can be a little bit science-heavy. And I love that Tina is so knowledgeable,

but she's also just one of us. So we are talking about, of course, gut health today. But we're

talking about some things that we have not talked about in previous episodes. One of those is

digestive bitters and why this is such an important thing when it comes to digestion and your overall health of your microbiome.

This is something that I am particularly interested in because I have gone deep into the rabbit hole of bile production.

So we talk about how digestive bitters can stimulate digestion

and optimize digestion. We, of course, talk about probiotics and their role in gut health.

We talk about prebiotics and how all of them work together to improve our overall well-being.

We all know that gut health is related to so many

things like autoimmunity, allergies, of course, leaky gut, mental health disorders, anxiety.

All of these can be related to an imbalance in the microbiome. So we also talk about natural ways

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