Every person's gut microbes are unique and sensitive to environmental conditions that begin at birth. As babies pass through the birth canal, they collect a kind of "fingerprint" of their mother's intestinal flora. Thus, the mother's diet during pregnancy can affect the rest of the child's life.
Our digestive system regulates more than 70% of your entire body's immune system. Your gut is known as the second brain and has more neurotransmitters than the brain itself. Confusion, mood swings, headaches and poor memory can be symptoms of an unhappy gut. Since the intestine plays a major role in a healthy body, it is important not only to limit carbohydrates during a low-carb diet but also to improve the ecology of the digestive tract.
The intestinal flora, or gut microbiota, forms a complex system that, if imbalanced, can have harmful effects on the body. They are microorganisms that live in the intestinal tract. There are around 500 identified types of bacteria in our digestive tract and more “bugs” that can weigh up to 2 kg than the number of cells in our body – currently 3 trillion. (Some say that we are only 10% human and 90% of the cells are microbial.)
The ideal balance of beneficial bacteria in the intestine towards pathogenic ones is 85% good, 15% bad bacteria. Compromised digestive health from factors such as early age, poor nutrition, stress, pollution, medications, antibiotics, and infections can result in a gut flora ratio where bad bacteria dominate over good bacteria. Maintaining this ratio is the secret to maintaining optimal intestinal health. The good news is that you can create new gut flora by simply changing what you eat. Therefore, you are what your intestinal flora consumes.
Good intestinal bacteria also synthesize vitamins B7 (biotin), B12 and K. Lack of these important vitamins in a high-carbohydrate diet can lead to diabetes, obesity, hair loss, graying hair, eczema, anemia, internal bleeding, ulcers, strokes, cancer, devastating conditions such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, and common gastrointestinal diseases. It contributes to the development of stomach and auto-immune disorders.
The main diseases caused by the disorder of the intestinal flora are: obesity, constipation, chronic diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome (spastic colon), excessive flatulence, gastritis, gluten and other food intake. intolerances, headache, hypertension, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, frequent unreasonable infections, osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases (hashimotothyroiditis, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease, diabetes, Basedow Graves disease, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune gastritis, etc.) allergic diseases (urticaria-dermatitis). , allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis), psoriasis (psoriasis), learning disorders, personality disorders, autism, attention deficit, depression. Correcting the person's intestinal flora is very important in solving these health problems, which are very common but are often unknown or overlooked as being related to the intestines.
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