Research over the past decades has revealed that an unhealthy gut contributes to a wide range of diseases including diabetes, obesity, rheumatoid arthritis, autism spectrum disorder, depression and chronic fatigue syndrome…We can now understand the importance of the gut flora’s role in our health. The gut flora promotes normal gastrointestinal function, it comprises more than 75% of our immune system and regulates our metabolism.
What contributes to an unhealthy gut flora?
- Antibiotics and some medications (birth control and NSAID)
- Diets high in refined carbohydrates, sugar and processed foods
- Toxins like wheat and industrial seed oils that cause leaky gut
- Lack of fibers
- Chronic infections
- Chronic stress
- Birth conditions (not breast fed, mother with an unhealthy gut)
How to improve your gut’s health and your mood?
If your digestive problems are serious, go and visit your GP or your regular practitioner. Practices to heal and take care of your gut are good for for everyone even if they are in perfect health. These can include probiotics, a good diet of real foods, and minimizing stress.
1/Improve your gut’s flora
At the center of gut health is the balance of bacteria that occupies the intestinal tract. The best way to create more diverse flora in your gut is to add foods rich in probiotics to your diet and also taking a daily high-quality probiotic supplement.
Think about yogurt (one of the most familiar sources of probiotics. Sheep, Goat and Coconut yogurt are good options), kefir, tempeh (fermented soybeans high in protein), miso, kombucha, Sourdough Bread, sauerkraut ( buy only the unpasteurized kind ), pickles (only naturally fermented).
Easy to make, delicious and packed with good probiotics, make your own Water Kefir. Water kefir is made from translucent kefir grains. By drinking water kefir you will bring balance to your internal microflora. Water kefir is much more effective than many other probiotics and has many more strains. It is a great alternative for dairy free people and vegans. Water kefir is also an excellent source of vitamin B12, and is high in vitamins B1 and B6.
Click here for the recipe 🙂
2/ Let go of Stress
Stress affects directly your digestive system. Go regularly for a walk, learn meditation or Reiki, practice yoga… Have a bath full of epsom salts and add a couple of drops of Young Living Lavender Essential Oil or the fabulous blend Peace and Calming™.
If you have a lot of stress in your life and need to switch off and clear the causes behind stress and blockages, book yourself in for a Reiki treatment.
3/ Some amazing Essential Oils to help your digestive health
Essential oils have a growing record of efficacy and general safety and form an excellent base for helping in healing the gut.
The compounds of Peppermint Essential Oil help reduce spasms of the colon and intestinal tract, and, due to the presence of thymol and eugenol, balance oral and intestinal flora, thereby reducing fermentation of undigested food.
DiGize™ is a blend of pure Tarragon, Ginger, Peppermint, and other essential great essential oils, which contains an incredible blend of eight different essential oils: Tarragon, Juniper, Anise, Ginger, Fennel, Patchouli, Peppermint, Lemongrass
(Diffuse, rub on your stomach, apply on Vitaflex points etc…)
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All the material in this article is solely intended for educational purposes. All the information comes from several and respected practitioners’ websites and companies. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any specific disease. It is your responsibility to seek the advice of a qualified health professional before undertaking any diet, health program, nutritional or environmental intervention, or any other procedure described on this blog.
References:
https://chriskresser.com/9-steps-to-perfect-health-5-heal-your-gut/
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/06/27/probiotics-gut-health-impact.aspx