leaky gut syndrome

Gut health is a term that is thrown around a lot in the media these days but like everything to do with health it is very rarely explained well enough for the average person to understand. I am sure if it was explained correctly the information I am going to share in this article would be common knowledge and many of the chronic health problems we see today would either not exist or managed much better than they currently are. Gut health is something that I rate very highly for myself as it is something I have struggled with at times over the years and has been a big part of me developing an auto-immune disease. The first thing most people think of when they hear the term ‘gut health’ is how our body digests food. While this is definitely its major role, gut health is so much more than that as it can have a direct impact on the health of your entire body. It can influence the health of our immune system, and even your mental health, and works extremely hard to keep us healthy and happy. Our gut breaks down the meals we eat into a functional form that can enter the bloodstream and go where it is needed in the body. Unfortunately, our modern lifestyle with poor nutrition and high levels of stress can greatly affect the health of our gut leaving our body exposed to serious digestive diseases to food intolerance causing problems with how our body extracts nutrients from food. The message is clear, when gut health is compromised, we are guaranteed to face major health consequences.

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