How to Track Your Nutrient Intake

A guide to tracking nutrients

One of the things I do from time to time is to audit my diet to see if I’m getting in enough nutrients from the food I eat.  It was especially important for me to do this while I was in a Crohn’s flare, but it also came in handy after my ostomy surgery.

In this post, I’ll explain how to do this.

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Enhancing Nutrient Absorption – TIPS

“IT’S NOT WHAT YOU EAT, IT’S WHAT YOU ABSORB”

When it comes to nutrition, that’s the golden rule. You hear a lot about how eating a healthy diet will improve your health, but that’s only IF you absorb the nutrients from your food. For most healthy people, this isn’t a big problem, but if you have a digestive disorder or if you’re eating a plant-based diet, there are things you can do to enhance the absorption of nutrients.

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