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Here's Today's Tip... 9 Foods to Boost Gut Health​.

Gut health is all the rage these days—and for good reason. Building and maintaining a healthy gut flora—which involves optimizing the balance of “good” to “bad” bacteria—is critical to digestive system health and function, overall health, immune system function, mental health and wellbeing, metabolism and weight management, respiratory (i.e., lungs) and integumentary (i.e., skin) systems, and more. When the gut flora is at a healthy balance, it provides immense support to digestive system and immune system function, metabolism, skin health, mental wellbeing, and more.

In fact, you may have heard of the gut being called the “second brain,” describing the communication between the gut and the brain (which influences satiety, food intake, regulation of glucose and fat metabolism, insulin secretion and sensitivity, bone metabolism, and more) as well as the fact that the gut houses its own entire nervous system called the enteric nervous system (ENS).

However, when the gut is unbalanced and unhealthy, a number of issues can ensue. In fact, research suggests that having inadequate levels of healthy bacteria in your gut may contribute to over 170 different health issues, including weight gain and difficulty with weight management, as well as digestive-, skin-, and mental wellbeing-related issues. Along these lines, there are many common factors that can upset the balance of gut bacteria, including:

• Aging
• Environmental factors (e.g. pollutants)
• Food choices (e.g., artificial sweeteners)
• Stress
• Medications (e.g., antibiotics)
• Smoking

In other words, a modern lifestyle—characterized by poor food choices, stress, and antibiotics, as well as factors outside of your control like nutrient-deplete soil, environmental toxins, and pollutants—can wreak havoc on the gut flora. The great news is that there is a solution to an unhealthy gut, and you’re on the right track to begin restoring your gut health by supplementing with a high-quality probiotic.

Along with probiotic supplementation, you can also fortify your gut by eating plenty of traditionally (and properly) fermented foods:

• Kefir
• Yogurt
• Sauerkraut
• Pickles
• Kimchi
• Miso
• Tempeh
• Kombucha
• Red wine

Remember, establishing a healthy gut microbiome is a balance between what’s there and what’s not there. Along those lines, it’s also advised to be mindful of and reduce exposure to the controllable factors (e.g., diet, stress, medications) that may negatively impact the composition of the microflora, gut health, and every other aspect of human health and function mentioned above.

To Your Body,  

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