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Gallbladder removal is one of the most common surgeries in North America. This is primarily due to gallstones. Gallstones can show no symptoms, and can remain silent for years. Once the symptoms arise, they can persist, and even worsen over time. Your diet plays a large role in the health of your gallbladder. Host Lynda LaCoax takes a look at the gallbladder and breaks down what the organ does, and how you can best take care of it to avoid unnecessary gallstones.

Warm weather is finally here, and that means getting out and about and partaking in outdoor activities. In Middle Tennessee, a popular outdoor activity is hiking, including barefoot hiking. While you may own a nice pair of shoes, inserts, or other hiking gear, it helps to understand how your feet work and how the gear that you think may be helping, are actually restricting your feet, which can cause issues over time. Host Lynda LaCoax discusses how your feet develop over time, and to best take care of them while you stay active this summer.

Antibiotics have been a popular weapon in the medical arsenal against disease since penicillin became widely available in the 1940s. Despite seeming like a wonder drug when they first came out, what is the cost of using this medication now? Host Lynda LaCoax breaks down antibiotics - what they are, what they do, and how they do it - to help you better understand the medicine that you are putting in your body.

Our world is filled with wonderful sights, sounds, smells, sensations, and conversations to be had, but we wouldn't be able to experience any of these were it not for our senses. So how can we better take care of our senses to ensure that we don't miss out on any of the wonders that life has to offer? Host Lynda LaCoax offers a list of food recommendations to help boost your senses, and why it's so important to take care of your senses.

How can you keep your heart happy and healthy? While some manufacturers claim to be heart healthy, the benefits are often nominal due to sugars and other preservatives found in processed foods. Host Lynda LaCoax provides insight on what to look out for at the grocery store to ensure that you're consuming foods that will benefit your heart in the long run, and what to stay away from.

New Years bring "new you's," and what better way to bring in a "new you" than with a change in diet. Diets can be tricky to follow due to a dislike in what you can and cannot eat, or we get started and then crash and burn due to a variety of reasons. Host Lynda LaCoax wants to keep you informed on the do's and don't's for specific diets to help you succeed. First up - Keto - what it is, what are the benefits, and how can you stay motivated on the diet.

It's easy to become swept up in home remedy trends every season, but how can you tell what works and what doesn't? From elderberry syrup to homemade chicken soup, hot toddies and more, there is science backing up why most of these remedies work or not. Host Lynda LaCoax runs down some of the most popular home remedies, and offers advice on how to make them even more effective while you're trying to combat the flu.

Winter can bring us numerous health challenges from the flu to common colds, and so much more. While you're taking the steps to protect yourself from the outdoors, you may be damaging or irritating your skin in ways that you might not expect. Host Lynda LaCoax goes over some of the most common ways we damage our skin during the winter season, and some of the small adjustments that we can make to benefit us in the long run.

Emotions play a much larger role in areas of our body that we might not suspect. This is known as emotional biochemistry, and it's a lot simpler than it sounds. If you've ever lost your appetite because you were stressed or anxious, you've experienced the emotional biochemistry process first hand. Host Lynda LaCoax explains why this occurs, and what's actually happening during.

We've given you the basics of how your gut works and why you should trust it, but what can you do to keep it healthy? We learn it's more than diet as Host Lynda Lacoax looks at other things that you can attempt to do. She offers advice on some of the foods you should and shouldn't include in your diet.

Everything we eat or drink has an effect on your gut, and in ways you may not have considered. Those feelings of anxiety or nervousness may not be from your brain, but rather your gut. Host Lynda Lacoax discusses the things your body may be telling you and how you can trust your gut.

In keeping your body healthy, one of the major areas to place focus on is your gut. While you may consider what you eat healthy, many things can cause problems for your digestive processes and your body. We look at the basics of your gut and what you need to consider to keep it, and everything else, functioning properly.

There are several types of fats, and they serve various purposes. Most can be healthy in the right portions and may even help you in the long run. On today's Choose Health, Lynda explains the different types, their benefits and their health risks with some fat facts.

There are natural preservatives that are used and not so natural. The artificial or man made preservatives in your food may be dangerous in large amounts especially if you don't know which ones to avoid. Host Lynda Lacoax breaks down what might not break down your food.

We add a lot of things to our food including the color we want it to look like. On today's Choose Health, Lynda discusses where these colors come from and their risks. She also offers some advice on what colors you should look for in your foods.

The sweeter it tastes the more you want it and the more it may be a problem. If you've been looking for natural alternatives to the artificial ones, host Lynda Lacoax has a few you can consider. She also explains some possible risks from all the added sugar you can encounter in your daily diet.

Fast food, quick prep meals, prepackaged entrees and sides, are all those preservatives preserving you? Lynda discusses the risks with artificial ingredients compared to an all natural diet. She offers advice on the one ingredient diet and how it can change more than what's on your plate.

In our first episode of Choose Health, host Lynda Lacoax discusses the definition of holistic health. Diving into a look at the effects of unhealthy diets, little exercise and how going with options of convenience can inconvenience your body later on.