How to Support Gut Health: Step 2
By Lydia Wallie, Nutrition Director
The digestive system is host to a large portion of our immune system. This means it’s critical to take good care of it! And, 90% of our feel-good neurotransmitter, serotonin, is created in the gut as well...happy gut = happy mood and happy digestive system. (1)
The second step in supporting gut health is to working on reducing and removing anything harming the digestive system including the following:
Antibiotics (2)
Chronic alcohol consumption (3)
Food sensitivities
Gluten (4, 5)
Processed foods (6)
Refined flours and sugars
Trans Fats
Next steps: Choose one option above to work on reducing or removing over the next month.
Ideas:
Support stress reduction by scheduling a day out in nature (hiking, biking, fishing, canoeing, etc.).
Replace current gluten/bread with our gluten-free bread recipe linked here (at least 3 people in our Nutrition Challenge love it!).
Take a high quality probiotic to support the gut during/after any antibiotic use.
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Sources:
(1) https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/microbes-help-produce-serotonin-gut-46495
(2) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15168372/
(3) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4670985/
(4) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29202198/