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For the complete series, follow these links:
Healing Digestion: Part 1 – Restoring the Mucous Layer
Healing Digestion: Part 2 – Digestive Tonics
The Dangers of Acid Blockers: How to Heal Heartburn Naturally {Healing Digestion: Part 3}
Digestive Enzymes [Healing Digestion Part 5]
Gut health is a buzz word in the holistic health community these days for good reason. We can’t be healthy without it.
You can try every supplement on the market to help heal arthritis, thyroid disorders, allergies, eczema, or infertility but you won’t do much good if you can’t digest and absorb those nutrients.
Fermented Foods
Fermented and cultured foods like yogurt and kefir are an important addition to most meals for digestive health, but they can’t usually be used exclusively for gut repopulation.
These foods are not always as effective and can cause problems for people with histamine intolerance and/or yeast and mold allergies.
1. Gut bacteria produce necessary vitamins.
Bacteria in the large intestine work to break down food particles that we can’t digest. In the process, they produce vitamins that many of us are severely deficient in and/or have to supplement – mainly the B vitamins and Vitamin K -.
With our limited knowledge of nutrients, there are likely to be many others provided by this beneficial colony of bacteria and yeasts that we haven’t discovered yet.
2. Probiotics are a necessary part of gut healing.
The majority of people now have compromised digestive function. It affects every part of our health and can cause symptoms that seem completely unrelated like cardiovascular stress and joint pain.
Supplementing with probiotics as part of a gut healing protocol is a critical step to repopulating the GI tract with beneficial bacteria. That bacterial layer insulates and protects the mucous layer, in turn, preventing undigested food from leaking into the bloodstream.
3. Gut health is critical to immune health.
It is estimated that over 80% of our immune system is in the GI tract. If you suffer from allergies, asthma, skin disorders, autoimmune disease, and frequent colds, then you need to focus on gut health first.
The GI tract is considered the second brain. Stress and other strains on the immune system also affect our ability to digest foods. without breaking down and absorbing the proper nutrient, our bodies can’t function correctly.
Click here for Part 5: Digestive Enzymes.
DETOXIFICATION
IMMUNE SUPPORT
IMMUNE SUPPORT
THYROID SUPPORT
ADRENAL SUPPORT
HEALING RESPONSES
8 Responses
Hi Jennifer, Great info! Thanks so much for posting. One question, where is part 3? I have searched all of my emails and your site, and just do not see a post for part 3! You did make a mention of “discussing medications that reduce hydrochloric acid and their dangers in Part 3 on hydrochloric acid (HCl).”
Looking forward to reading that one too!
Thanks again,
Kim
:hanging head in shame: It’s not finished, since I keep rewriting it. My brain gets tired from homework and I get bogged down with it. I am trying to schedule a block of time to have it finished this weekend!!
No worries Jennifer! I just thought you had it hidden somewhere else! Apparently you do, in your head! Hehe!
Hope to read it someday!
Take care
Kim
Can you recommend a good probiotic suppliment?
The two I recommend most are Megasporebiotic and Prescript-Assist as part of a gut microbiota rebalancing protocol. Both are available through a qualified practitioner. I would steer away from Amazon and online stores that sell them. We’re not sure of the quality since it’s illegal to sell them outside of a practitioner, and they can easily be modified with someone selling outside of integrity. It’s happened more than once unfortunately.