What do your intestines do for your health?
There is always a question of what happens in your gut, how does it happen etc.
Some scientific facts about gut:
About 100 trillion bacteria reside in the gut and they produce metabolites that have health effects
70-80% of the body’s immune cells are concentrated in the gut
There are 100 million neurons located along the gut which produce various neurotransmitters that regulate mood and satiety
95% of the body’s total serotonin is located in the gut
The Gut-Brain Axis is one of the least talked about health topics but one of the most crucial relationships in keeping your body-mind health in optimal shape.
They have researched that gut has its finger in many diseasepies: diabetes onset, Parkinson Disease, overweight, recurring infections, disease resistant, acne, eczema, depression, PMS, major player in your immune system and disease resistance.
Your gut has a direct connection to your brain via the gut-brain. If you have an unhealthy microbiome, your mental health is also not at its best. Funny to think but that is the way it is.
However, this is not much talked about as intestines are not one of the most poetic topics! Here are some of the top gut destroyers that you should avoid to help improve your overall health by the way of your gut.
Sugar – one of the biggest every day gut distroyers, sugar as well as sugar replacements
Stress - the good old gut feeling, not to be ignored. When you feel funny in your stomach, you probaly feel funny in general.
Prescription Antibiotics – they kill all, the good with the bad. Not to be taken lightly as recovering from one course of antibiotics can take six months and sometime it will never happen
GMO Foods – Widely used glyphosates (pesticide that kills pests and living creatures that are smaller than pests) can reduce the immune system, augment infection rates as well as influence mood and behavior.
Inflammatory Gluten – that lovely white bread can cause a lot of havoc.
Alcohol – eats many of the nutrients and also is a disinfectant: kills the good with the bad.
Lack of Exercise – Research has shown improvement in the microbiome after six weeks of exercise. This is a living process, one good exercise time counts for 5-8 days, then starts to decline
Smoking – Smoke is poison that kills the gut microbiome very effectively, lots of clincal and practical studies to prove that.
Lack of Sleep – Your gut needs it sleep just like you. Studies show that just two days of sleep deprivation caused subtle changes to the gut flora and increased the abundance of bacteria associated with weight gain, obesity, type 2 diabetes and fat metabolism.
Overuse of Antibacterial Products – They kill the good with the bad.
All the above is very important stuff, and what can be done about it? There’s always the best thing and then the second best thing. If second best thing is the only one you can do, that is great!
In my blogs, Instagram and Facebook pages I give regular tips and advice what can be done. I am a very practical person so I will give practical suggestion how even couch potatoes can take a step in the right direction!
https://www.nutriciaresearch.com/gut-and-microbiology/the-central-role-of-the-gut/
