The health of your gut determines which nutrients are absorbed
and which toxins, allergens and microbes are kept out. It is
directly related to the health of your whole
body. Gut health could be defined as optimal digestion, absorption and
assimilation of food. But it is a big task that depends on
many other factors. Let's look at some of them...
First, there are insects in your gut that form a diverse and
interdependent ecosystem, like a rainforest. In fact, there are 500
species and three pounds of bacteria in your gut that form a huge
chemical factory that helps digest food, regulate hormones, excrete toxins, and
produce vitamins and other
healing substances that nourish your gut
and gut. your body. . This ecosystem of friendly bacteria needs
to be in balance to be healthy. Too many bad bacteria, such
as parasites and yeasts, or too few of the good ones, such
as Lactobacillus or Bifidobacteria, can seriously damage your health.
Second, there's your gut immune system. Your entire immune
system and the rest of your body is protected from the toxic environment in
your gut by a lining just one cell thick.
Unfolded, this liner would occupy a space the
size of a tennis court, completely covered by a sewer! When this barrier
is damaged, you can become allergic to foods you normally digest well, you get
sick, your immune system becomes overactive, and it begins to
produce inflammation throughout your body. Filtering out the good
molecules from the bad molecules and protecting your immune system is another
important factor in gut health. Third, there is your second
brain - your gut nervous system. Did you
know that your gut actually contains more neurotransmitters than your
brain? In fact, the intestine has its own brain.
It's called the "enteric nervous system" and it's a
very sophisticated part of your biology that is intimately
tied to
your brain. Messages are constantly circulating between
your gut brain and your brain, and if this message is
disturbed in any way, your health will suffer. Fourth, your gut
also needs to get rid of any toxins that
are produced as byproducts of your metabolism and that your
liver excretes into bile. If things go wrong with
constipation, you will become toxic and your health will suffer.
And last but not least, your gut has to break down all the food
you eat into its component parts, separate the vitamins and minerals,
and transport them through that layer of cell
thickness mentioned above
so they can enter your bloodstream. and nourish
your body and brain. Your gut has a lot to handle. Even in
a perfect world, it's hard to keep all of this in
balance. But in our modern world, there are
endless hurdles that can throw our digestive
system off balance, making it much more difficult to
maintain great digestion.
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