Maria Ricci

A blog companion to Wise Traditions episode 597 with pharmacist Liz James Published companion piece. Source interview: Weston A. Price Foundation, Wise Traditions, episode 597, September 21, 2026. (See Video at bottom of blog post) Most people never think about a blood transfusion until the day someone they love needs one. At that moment, the usual instruction is simple: trust the supply, sign the form, and do not ask where the unit came from. NICU baby Pharmacist and patient advocate Liz...

The labs came back. I spoke with my coach so I could hear, in plain language, what the doctor saw in the tests. This was a stool test called a GI-MAP. It checks what microbes are living in the gut, whether the pancreas is making enough enzymes to help digest food, and whether the gut is reacting to gluten. Here is what the report said. I have H. pylori, a common stomach bacterium. I have had this on and off. A lot of people carry it and feel nothing. Most of the time, I do not feel much...

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