I’m frequently shocked by our industrial food and medical systems lack of oversight by the FDA. As a functional medicine nutritionist it is highly disturbing to learn that cereals are fortified with metallic shavings of iron, or that most retail stores like GNC, Target, Walmart, and Walgreens sell supplements that do not contain the active ingredient advertised! In fact, they found that some of the contaminants identified included allium, pine, wheat/grass, rice, mustard, citrus, and dracaena (houseplant) 1.

Now that we know how digestion is supposed to flow, let's take a look at how things can go wrong and what supplements can improve digestion and gut health.