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Katie Songer

Digestion

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It’s Only Food If You Can Digest It

May 1, 2019

Ayurveda taught me to understand my body’s food needs.

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How to Help Your Gut Microbiome Heal from Inflammatory Bowel Disease

May 26, 2015

Fermented foods may be key to healing.

Why I Chose the Specific Carbohydrate Diet for My Ulcerative Colitis

May 29, 2014

This diet is tried and true; it works for many people.

A cartoon of the colon and small intestine, with a giant microscope covering most of the small intestine and showing colorful, cartoonish microbes with faces and googly eyes.

My Sigmoidoscopy Helped Me See My Disease

May 14, 2014

The experience was unpleasant, but educational!

Let’s Talk About Poop, Baby

April 6, 2014

If we talked more about poop, we’d be healthier.

A drawing of a male human torso, with a transparent belly showing pink organs: liver, stomach, colon, and small intestine.

Some Ulcerative Colitis Basics

April 5, 2014

To understand ulcerative colitis, it helps to know a bit about digestion and autoimmunity.

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