Simone Anderson
According to Dr. Amy Myers, “When your gut is unhealthy, it can cause more than just stomach pain, gas, bloating, or diarrhoea. Because 60-80% of our immune system is located in our gut, gut imbalances have been linked to hormonal imbalances, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, anxiety, depression, eczema, rosacea, and other chronic health problems.”
The purpose of our digestive system is to breakdown the food we eat, store the nutrients that the body needs and dispose of the harmful waste. Digesting unhealthy foods and other substances like caffeine, can affect this process by causing partially digested food to directly enter the bloodstream.
Cleansing the gut
Having a healthy gut is important and so cleansing the gut should be a priority. Cleansing the gut can improve the bodies overall health. According to Breaking Muscles, to cleanse your gut, one must follow the Four R’s plan.
1. Remove
Remove all bad substances that have a negative effect on the gut. These substances include processed food, caffeine, alcohol, gluten and dairy as they are known to irritate the gut
2.Repair
Begin the process of repairing the gut by providing the gut with the nutrients it needs to heal itself. Let he body rest and consume an unprocessed diet with nutrients such as vitamin A, C and E, omega-3 fish oils, aloe vera, etc… An amino acid called L-glutamine is also helpful as it helps revitalize the gut.
3. Restore
Restore helpful bacteria in order to maintain a healthy gastrointestinal tract and to help fight illness. This is achieved by providing the body with probiotics, good bacteria that helps the body. Probiotic foods include sauerkraut, miso soup, dark chocolate, pickles, etc…
4. Replace
After following the previous steps, replace helpful substances that were taken out to maintain a proper digestive system. Make sure to get bile salts, digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid levels up by giving the body supplements with digestive enzymes and organic salt.
What food goes into our bodies is very important. Our body needs certain foods in order to maintain our health. According to Best Health, there are foods that can be eaten in order to have a healthy gut:
Fibre sources such as whole grains, cauliflower, carrots, apples and broccoli.
Light and dark green and yellow vegetables.
Other probiotics like bananas, garlic, asparagus and onions.
Soothing foods like cinnamon, ginger, oatmeal and mint.
Some forms of bacteria are helpful to the body. These are called probiotics. Probiotics are helpful bacteria that have beneficial qualities. This is why yogurt can help have a healthy gut as it helps boost the immune system. Proper digestion is essential to the body and probiotics are important to the gut.
The gut plays a more important part in our health than one would originally think. Keeping the gut healthy can help our body in many ways and has a lot of benefits. If a healthy lifestyle is important to you, then a healthy gut should be to.
