Health Blogs — Gut Health

How to Support a Healthy Gut Microbiome Your gut microbiome is a complex ecosystem of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms that live in your digestive tract. It plays a vital role in your overall health, from digestion to immunity.While probiotics are a good start, supporting a healthy gut microbiome is more than just taking daily probiotics. You also need to feed your gut bacteria with prebiotics and build structural support for your gut barrier. Feed Your Gut Bacteria with Prebiotics Prebiotics are non-digestible fibers that act as food for your gut bacteria. They can help to increase the number and...

  The gut microbiome is a complex community of bacteria that live in the digestive tract. These bacteria play an important role in many aspects of health, including metabolism, immunity, and mood. Recent research has shown that people with heart disease often have an unhealthy gut microbiome. This unhealthy microbiome can produce harmful substances that can damage the heart and blood vessels. One of the main harmful substances produced by an unhealthy gut microbiome is lipopolysaccharide (LPS). LPS is a toxin that is released when certain bacteria die. LPS can trigger inflammation and immune system activation, which can damage the...

Supporting a healthy gut microbiome is more than just taking daily probiotics. Although probiotics are a good start, most people don't begin with a balanced microbiome. Restoring microbial diversity, adjusting the number of individual species, and eliminating undesirable species are all essential to achieve optimal gut health. In addition, many people have gut barrier structural integrity issues, which can lead to toxins, food particles, and molecules passing into the bloodstream, triggering whole-body reactions.   To support a thriving gut garden, it's important to feed gut bacteria with prebiotics. Prebiotics are dietary fibers that can't be digested or absorbed by the...

Opportunities continue to emerge to successfully address stress and mental health in relation to gut health and to rebalance the gut microbiota for better overall health and well-being.