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a personal story about gum!

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Kath Younger, RD
Feb 04, 2026
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Years ago, when I was first learning about nutrition, I started to read lots of books on the topic. One of the books I really enjoyed was Eating Well For Optimum Health by Dr. Andrew Weil. Now this was almost 20 years ago, so I hope I get the story right, but there was a case study in the book about a woman who was having lots of “stomach issues,” and she was working with nutritionists to try to figure out the cause. She had tried all of the elimination diet protocols along with testing for Celiac disease with still no clue what was upsetting her stomach.

During this same time, I was going through some tummy troubles as well. I was working in a public relations office from 8-5

What I looked like at the office:

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