Understanding & Improving Your Gut Health

Your digestive system or gut is responsible for extracting each nutrient and every bit of goodness from the food you consume and then distributing it  throughout the body to fuel each and every cell. However, your gut also has some other truly vital roles that for many go unnoticed. The gut actually plays a significant role in a persons overall health and wellbeing for example it has been proven that up to 70% of your immune system can be found in the gut.

Your gut inside your intestines is in fact a miniature biome, populated by trillions of microscopic organisms. The bacteria in your gut assist in breaking down certain complex carbs and dietary fibres that you can't break down yourself. As a by-product, they produce short-chain fatty acids which is an important nutrient. They also provide the enzymes necessary to synthesize certain vitamins, including vitamin B1, B9, B12 and K.

It has been researched based on the connection between ones gut bacteria, how your body uses energy and losing weight, changing the balance of bacteria in your gut could help with weight loss. 

What negatively impacts gut health: 

• High stress levels
• Too little sleep
• Eating a diet high in processed and sugary foods

This in turn may affect other aspects of your health, such as:

• Immune function
• Hormone levels
• Weight
• Development of diseases

So a gut that's not healthy can increase inflammation throughout the entire body and mess with how the immune system is supposed to work properly. This can lead to conditions where the body ends up attacking itself, mistaking its own cells and organs for harmful invaders.

How to improve gut health

When you experience very high levels of stress for a long time, it's not good for your overall health including your gut. This is because when you're stressed, your body releases hormones. Too much of these hormones over time can affect your body and cause problems for your gut health. The most important thing is to eat a diet that has lots of nutrients and fibre -like fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Other ways in which one can change their gut bacteria is through regular use of probiotics. 

1. Probiotics

Probiotics are live bacteria and yeast that have the potential to give you health benefits. They are usually added to yogurts or taken as supplements, and are often called "good" or "friendly" bacteria.  Probiotics are understood to can help restore the natural balance of bacteria in your gut,

Probiotics help make sure things are in balance in a healthy digestive system. Gastrointestinal problems can happen when this balance breaks down either because of sickness, antibiotics, a diet without enough nutritious food or too much growth of bad bacteria.

Alflorex provides the benefits of Bifidobacterium longum in an easy and dependable form. It complements and supports your natural gut bacteria. Alflorex can help relieve the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and other digestion-related issues, like bloating, excess gas and stomach pain. Clinically proven to reach the gut in one piece to help and support your natural gut bacteria.

Biokult

Bio Kult Probiotic Capsules are a premium multi-strain live bacteria supplement designed for everyday use. With 14 strains of beneficial bacteria, Bio Kult delivers high concentrations of probiotics to the gut, promoting a healthy digestive system.

Proven Probiotics Acidophilus & Bifidus 

Digestive enzymes help break down and absorb our food easily and efficiently. Proven Acidophilus and Bifidus with digestive enzymes has many digestive enzymes and calcium to help with this. The digestive enzymes work when food is in the stomach and small intestine so you should take them with your meals.