{"id":906,"date":"2019-02-06T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosecanyonhealthnwellness.com\/?p=906"},"modified":"2019-02-06T15:00:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T15:00:17","slug":"gut-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosecanyonhealthnwellness.com\/gut-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Gut Health and Why You Should Be Concerned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever heard of the saying, \u201cWhat you eat becomes you?\u201d <strong>There\u2019s growing evidence that your gut talks to many parts of your body<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And how it does it is through this unique microbial environment known as microbiome that stimulates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A network of <strong>nerves<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hormones<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Immune responses<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About 100 trillion bacteria live in our body, and 80% are in the gut<\/strong>. When babies are born, their gut is sterile or \u201csuper clean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not necessarily good. <strong>Babies without the good bacteria tend to get sick<\/strong> because of a weak immune system. The initial colony of bacteria comes from the mother, as the baby passes through the birth canal and ingests breast milk.<\/p>\n<p>When the baby gets older, the gut microbiota changes, depending on the presence of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stress<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Type of <strong>food<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Exposure to <strong>antibiotics<\/strong> and toxic substances<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Latest studies have shown the type of bacteria living in the gut impacts many parts of the body through the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gut-Brain Axis<\/li>\n<li>Gut-Liver Axis<\/li>\n<li>Gut-Kidney Axis<\/li>\n<li>Gut-Bone Axis<\/li>\n<li>Gut-Lung Axis<\/li>\n<li>Oral-Gut Microbiome Axis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We look at the first three main axes and see how the gut affects major organs in the body.<\/p>\n<h2>The Gut-Brain Axis<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s growing evidence from many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6225396\/\">studies<\/a> showing <strong>the microbes in the gut may affect the behavior of a person<\/strong> and put him at risk for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anxiety<\/li>\n<li>Depression<\/li>\n<li>Autism<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schizophrenia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Alzheimer\u2019s<\/strong> disease<\/li>\n<li>Other <strong>brain<\/strong> <strong>disorders<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These microbes are called psychobiotics. When you increase the level of these live organisms to adequate amounts, it can work as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An <strong>anti-depressant<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Improve <strong>memory<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Thinking<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Gut-Liver Axis<\/h2>\n<p>Lately, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1422-0067\/20\/2\/395\/htm\">gut<\/a> has been called a \u201cvirtual metabolic organ,\u201d meaning <strong>its action extends beyond itself to affect many other organs.<\/strong> One major organ is the liver.<\/p>\n<p>When the microbiome becomes out of balance, and more <strong>bad bugs live in the gut<\/strong>, leading to an <strong>unhealthy \u201cleaky gut,\u201d<\/strong> these organisms migrate to the liver and may contribute to the development of chronic liver diseases such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chronic hepatitis B (CHB)<\/li>\n<li>Chronic hepatitis C (CHC)<\/li>\n<li>Alcoholic liver disease (ALD)<\/li>\n<li>Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)<\/li>\n<li>Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)<\/li>\n<li>Development of liver cirrhosis<\/li>\n<li>Hepatocellular carcinoma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All these conditions can lead to <strong>gut dysbiosis and cause more damage to the liver<\/strong>. Scientists have observed that the greater the gut dysbiosis, the more severe is the liver injury.<\/p>\n<h2>The Gut-Kidney Axis<\/h2>\n<p>Who would think that the same gut microbiome would also have effects on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6317198\/\">kidneys<\/a>? Studies have shown that dysbiosis or the imbalance of this microbial environment <strong>can cause the gut to inflame, break down, and leak<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the process, <strong>the uremic toxins translocate and cause further stress to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>kidney<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Blood vessels<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>heart<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Other organs controlling hormonal balance in the body<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because of the discovery of the gut-kidney axis, n<strong>ew treatments to manage inflammation, kidney injury and uremia are also being explored<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Considering how the gut microbiota can impact the health of a person, <strong>researchers focused their studies on how to improve gut health<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>They have identified possible roles of <strong>prebiotics, probiotics, and polyphenols<\/strong> to tilt back the balance towards a healthy gut.<\/p>\n<h2>We Can Help<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to know more about <strong>eating healthy and how to have a healthy gut<\/strong>, visit us for a free consultation.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever <strong>aches and pains, and other chronic issues you may be feeling right now may be your gut\u2019s way of telling you, it is sick<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/anatomy-bacteria-bacterium-bowels-160524\/\">Image attribution<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever heard of the saying, \u201cWhat you eat becomes you?\u201d There\u2019s growing evidence that your gut talks to many parts of your body. And how it does it is through this unique microbial environment known as microbiome that stimulates: A network of nerves Hormones Immune responses About 100 trillion bacteria live in our body, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[13,14,15,16],"class_list":["post-906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gi-disorders","tag-gut-health","tag-gut-microbiota","tag-leaky-gut","tag-your-stomach"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gut Health Treatments Mesa, AZ<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rose Canyon Health &amp; Wellness provides GI treatments for gut health in Mesa, AZ. 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