Gut Healing Nutrients Post 1:

In the United States, and all around the world, digestive health can be a major concern. There are many things that can cause acute illness, especially bacteria and viruses, but what is the relationship between chronic illness and the gut? Technically speaking, all the food we eat is actually outside our bodies when it is running through our intestinal tract. This does not change until the food (broken down at this point) is absorbed by our gut barrier. Our gut barrier both helps protect us from pathogens and absorb nutrients. When our gut barrier is impaired due to various reasons, such as antibiotics, decreased diversity of the microbiome, intolerances, allergies, toxins and/or illness, it impairs immune function and nutrient status. When our gut barrier is impaired for long periods of time, it is linked with various conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, migraines, Type-2 Diabetes, certain cancers, and celiac disease.

The first step is to remove the obstacles and damaging agents on the body. This is usually the hardest part, because the existing damage can make the culprit unclear. For instance, a gluten-intolerance can cause sensitivity to dairy, lactic acid, or meat that is not intrinsic to that individual. Therefore, the person may need to take all these foods away and slowly reintroduce them to discover the true culprit (which may be 1 of them, 2 of them, or even none of them).

Gut Healing Nutrients Post 1:

In the United States, and all around the world, digestive health can be a major concern. There are many things that can cause acute illness, especially bacteria and viruses, but what is the relationship between chronic illness and the gut? Technically speaking, all the food we eat is actually outside our bodies when it is running through our intestinal tract. This does not change until the food (broken down at this point) is absorbed by our gut barrier. Our gut barrier both helps protect us from pathogens and absorb nutrients. When our gut barrier is impaired due to various reasons, such as antibiotics, decreased diversity of the microbiome, intolerances, allergies, toxins and/or illness, it impairs immune function and nutrient status. When our gut barrier is impaired for long periods of time, it is linked with various conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, migraines, Type-2 Diabetes, certain cancers, and celiac disease.

The first step is to remove the obstacles and damaging agents on the body. This is usually the hardest part, because the existing damage can make the culprit unclear. For instance, a gluten-intolerance can cause sensitivity to dairy, lactic acid, or meat that is not intrinsic to that individual. Therefore, the person may need to take all these foods away and slowly reintroduce them to discover the true culprit (which may be 1 of them, 2 of them, or even none of them).