Having a healthy gut impacts your body in more ways than you probably know. In fact, a healthy gut is so essential that many experts believe it is the optimal health and well-being. In other words:
If your gut isn’t healthy, you won’t be either!
Gut health is linked to many different elements of general health. In addition to the obvious digestive connection, your gut can also impact your:
Skin
The gut microbiome refers to trillions of bacteria and microorganisms that live in the gut. The microbiome maintains homeostasis throughout the body, but if it gets unbalanced, it can have a significant impact on our other organs such as the skin.
Signs of an imbalanced microbiome manifesting as skin concerns include:
Hormones
The estrobolome (a bacterial colony in the intestine that can metabolise and modulate the body’s circulating estrogen) produces the perfect amount of enzymes to maintain estrogen balance when the gut microbiota is healthy.
Your enzyme balance can be altered in the presence of gut dysbiosis, however. This results in either a lack or an excess of estrogen, which promotes the onset of estrogen-related diseases.
Brain
Gut microbes convey signals that regulate brain function via neurotransmitters generated by the ENS (enteric nervous system).
The ENS is located in the GI tract and controls practically every aspect of digestion as well as having an impact on your mood.
Immune system.
Around 70% of your immune system is housed in your gut! Just as the ENS works to send signals to the brain, it also works to send signals to your immune function.
A strong immune system relies on a healthy and diverse microbiome! ✨
Want to support your gut and overall digestive health immediately without a total diet overhaul, here are the TOP 6 ways:
Slow down when you eat
By eating too fast and not breaking our food apart properly, we end up swallowing big pieces which get to our small intestines and gather bad bacteria and yeast and not accessing the nutrients within our food.
Be aware of what you’re doing while eating.
What’s the problem with watching TV or playing with your phone whilst eating? When we’re distracted, our blood is diverted from our digestion to our outer limbs and our bodies become immersed into the programme we are watching rather than the food we are eating.
Try not to eat too much.
By eating a little too much your digestive system has to work overtime, causing a spike in blood sugar, an upset stomach, and feelings of lethargy. You could try eating little but often to combat this.
Be aware of what times you eat.
Eating late at night has been linked to many gastric issues, caused due to poorly digested food which may cause excessive acid in the stomach. Pay attention to your body cues such as your stomach growling, in order to correctly determine if you are actually hungry.
Be aware of your feelings towards the food you’re eating.
Research has proven that feeling guilty or negative towards the foods you eat can effectively discourage metabolic activity, slow digestion and cause your body to store more calories as fat rather than burning them as energy.
Cut down on raw foods.
Raw foods are much harder to digest than cooked foods, so if you’re suffering from digestive issues such as diarrhea, bloating or acid reflux, eating cooked food can help support your digestion.
Take digestive enzymes.
Digestive enzyme supplements can assist you in properly digesting your food so that your immune system is not alarmed by larger, undigested food particles that have broken through the cell walls causing leaky gut.
Take GI Foundations.
L-glutamine is also known as a conditional essential amino acid – this means that your body is capable of making it on its own, but it uses it in large amounts. L-glutamine aids in gut and digestive processes. GI foundations containes this, aloe and more to help aid in the support and repair of leaky gut.
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