Gut Health
Gut health is EVERYTHING! Hippocrates once said "all disease begins in the gut" & it's true. The key to great health is great gut health!
Some of the signs that your gut needs some work include:
-Chronic diarrhea, constipation, gas or bloating
-Nutritional deficiencies
-Poor immune system
-Headaches, brain fog, memory loss
-Allergies
-Excessive fatigue
-Skin rashes & problems such as acne, eczema or rosacea
-Cravings for sugar or carbs
-Arthritis or joint pain
-Depression, anxiety, ADD, ADHD
-Autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, celiac disease or Crohn's
Your gut is the base of the health of your entire body. 75% of messages in your body go from your gut to your brain- that's a HUGE %! When your gut is not well cared for, you will feel the effects in the rest of your body. There's even a growing wealth of research showing the connection between mood and gut health. Studies are finding that anxiety & depression are strongly linked to an imbalance of the gut flora. If you want to learn more about gut health or healing, we have a gut health class & gut healing protocols in our oily group. Check out my "Oily Team" page to learn more about how to access our oily group.
What can we do for better gut health? Here are some ideas:
Foods that support gut health:
Collagen
Kombucha
Kimchi
Keifer
Sauerkraut
Fermented beets
Supplements that support gut health:
Sulfurzyme
Mighty Pro
Other things to do for better gut health:
Cut out processed sugar
Eat soaked or fermented grains
Focus on whole food & animal protein
Cut out processed foods (especially carbs)
If you're not pooping at LEAST 1 time a day, you are constipated. Ideally, you should be eliminating 2-3 times a day in order to properly rid your body of excess food and toxins.
If you need help getting your digestive system going more consistently, try the tips above, as well as:
Eat more fiber
Eat more animal fats
Take a good digestive enzyme daily
Try a targeted colon support supplement
Do a gentle cleanse
One other big thing you can do for your gut health is take a high-quality, live-strain probiotic. Why?
Stress, medications, illness, sugar & processed grain consumption, & modern-day chemicals all serve to deplete our natural probiotic stores.
Because your immune system starts in your gut, many consider taking a high-quality probiotic to be one of the core pieces to overall health!
"Your body contains about 100 trillion bacteria -- more than 10 times the number of cells you have in your entire body. It's now quite clear that the type and quantity of microorganisms in your gut interact with your body in ways that can either prevent or encourage the development of many diseases. The ideal ratio between the bacteria in your gut is 85 percent "good" & 15 percent "bad."
Get yourself some Life 9 and start taking care of your gut. Probiotics replenish the body's source of good bacteria & have been shown to:
You want a source of good bacteria that can easily be absorbed, is diverse yet doesn't interact with each other or endogenous bacteria, & is potent enough to make a difference. This is why I love Life 9 probiotics from Young Living! Life 9 is a proprietary, high-potency probiotic that combines 17 billion live cultures from 9 beneficial bacteria strains that promote healthy digestion, support gut health, and help maintain normal intestinal function for the overall support of a healthy immune system. These bacteria have been studied well to ensure that they work well together and even work synergistically, supporting each other's roles of improving digestion and overall health.
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