Merry Christmas & Happy Gut Health
Dear All.....MERRY CHRISTMAS...
We just wanted to spread a critical message on this X'Mas that 70% IMMUNITY comes from our GUT.
Should we ignore or be conscious about our GUT-HEALTH?
The relationship between gut health and immunity is huge and far too many people ignore it.
They have digestive problems, bloating and gas, and think it’s normal because everyone else does too.
Important Statements from various researchers of gut-health and gut-nutrition
- Nutrition is a key modulator of immune function
- The microbiome and the immune system are critically intertwined
- Dietary diversity and microbial diversity go together
- What’s present in the gut determines what education immune cells get
- A fiber-rich diet supports the microbiome and reduces inflammatory response.
- Gut bacteria survive on complex carbohydrates and fiber that our own cells are unable to digest
- Infectious diseases and infections remain a leading cause of death in low-income countries and a major risk to vulnerable groups, such as infants and the elderly.
- The immune system plays a crucial role in the susceptibility, persistence, and clearance of these infections.
- With 70% of immune cells being present in the gut, there is an intricate interplay between the intestinal microbiota, the intestinal epithelial layer, and the local mucosal immune system.
Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier explains insane complexity of the gut microbiome:
- It’s all the -cells, organisms and bacteria living in our intestinal tract, from the mouth to the anus, which carry out all the vital functions of nutrient absorption, digestion and excretion.
- We’re talking more than 100 trillion cells (far more complex than our 23,000 gene pairs)–and even more complex for women if you add the tens of millions of reproductive organ cells).
- So, it’s an incredibly complex system to crack, like putting a stethoscope to a computer to make inferences on how it works.
- But we know that the microbiome is headquarters for developing both innate and adaptive immunity and for maintaining immune-stabilization.
- There is strong evidence that probiotics (fermented foods) and prebiotic functional foods have an immuno-stabilization effect on the body–probably the reason why they’re a central part of the diet of every long-lived culture on the planet.
Dr Frank Lipman talks about gut-wall:
- The gut wall is the crucial barrier between your body and the outside world (which hits us with toxic substances/food, bacteria, viruses, etc.).
- You create a strong, protective gut wall (which determines what’s allowed into your system or not) by feeding the microbiome what it needs to thrive, and that prevents “bad” bacteria from getting out of control and overwhelming the good, which results in a ‘leaky’ gut making you susceptible to systemic inflammation.
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