Ways your gut health affects your overall health

​Everyone is talking about gut health and for good reason
Hipppocrates (father of medicine) states “all disease begins in the gut”
This is why gut health is the area I specialize in, it is very often the root cause of most health issues
The following are some example of how gut health affects your health:

1. Metabolism –gut bacteria affects your metabolic rate
2. Around 500 different kinds of bacteria in your digestive tract which make up what is known as the microbiota/microbiome
3. Each persons microbiota is unique to them
4. Links between  your microbiota and obesity, type II diabetes, heart disease
5. IBD – Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis
6. Colon cancer – studies have shown the microbiota of those with colon cancer is different to those who are healthy
7. Anxiety and depression – gut-brain axis connection – studies have shown a link between gut disorders and central nervous system disorders.  This has also been connected to Autism
8. Rhematoid arthritis – may have higher levels of inflammatory bacteria
9. Poor digestion – poor nutritents absorption= poor overall health, poor energy and poor sleep
10. Acid reflux, IBS, heartburn, indigestion are all caused by digestive disturbance
11. 75-80% of your immunity is housed in the digestive tarct, therefore when the digestion is compromised so is your immunity
12. lets not forget food intolerances – food intolerances are on the rise, more and more people are having problems with certain foods.  This stems from the digestion not breaking down the food properly, not able to absorb sufficiently and the immune system reacting to the food, often because it is being consumed in too high an amount.

 
So what can you do?

Diet
High fiber – fruits and vegetables
Whole grain
Nuts and seeds
Fermented foods
Prebiotic foods
 
Supplements
Probiotic – Biokult, Optibac, Udo’s super 8
Omega 3 oils – Krill oil, Udo’s oil