Stewed Healing Apples and Immune Cofactors

If you are an avid listener to the FX Medicine Podcast, you might have heard regular reference to the use of stewed apples as a key intervention in gut healing and repair. 

Dr Mark Donohoe and Andrew Whitfield-Cook are huge fans of this easy, patient-friendly intervention that they were first introduced to by Michael Ash at the 2015 BioCeuticals Research Symposium. 

We've had so many requests from our listeners about where to find the recipe for "Dr Mark's Stewed Apples" that we decided to consolidate it into an infographic that can be saved or shared as needed. This infographic is based on Michael Ash's scientific rationale for the use of apples as a functional food for mucosal healing. 

CREATED AND PUBLISHED WITH PERMISSION from Michael Ash.

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