The Good, the Bad and the happiGut

The Good, the Bad and the happiGut™

The importance of a balanced gut and digestive health in connection to many systems of our body such as immunity, cardiovascular, metabolic, and blood glucose modulation is enormous. Simply put, the path to good health is through the gut.

The gut is home to the most extensive collection of immune cells in the body. It is reported by scientists that bacteria-and-immune-system-meet”>70%-80% of our immune cells reside in the gut.

Scientists have come to understand and know more about how the bacteria that live in our gastrointestinal tract have a profound influence on illnesses that can manifest in our bodies. A resilient gut microbiome is one fed with an abundant, and diverse diet of nutrient dense prebiotic high fibre foods.

The balance, diversity, and abundance of the good over bad bacteria in our guts ultimately determines the state of our gut health.  Poor diet, lifestyle choices, stress, and environmental toxins can put us out of balance leading to poor digestion, decreased nutrient absorption, and diminished health.

Diversity Matters:

[[Gut microbiota]] is characterized by diversity, stability, and resilience which has a mutually beneficial relationship to the host body. The Gut is akin to a “super organism” that performs important immune and metabolic functions as well as being key regulators of digestion, extraction, and absorption of nutrients, metabolites, vitamins, and short chain fatty acids (SCFAs)

This super organism, the gut, plays a crucial role in immune function by protecting against and inhibiting the growth of pathogens that make our bodies sick.

The microbiota in our microbiome have a mutually beneficial relationship with us, we feed them healthy food like prebiotics and they take care of us.