The Gut Connections
The gut: our second brain

If you want to regain your magnificent energy, feel good allover and achieve long term health then start by fully understand the "Gut Connections".

The gut is no longer seen as an entity with the sole purpose of helping with all aspects of digestion. It’s also being considered as a key player in regulating inflammation (as we all know, inflammation is the common factor for virtually all disease in the body) and immunity (responsible to prevent diseases!).

Look carefully at the image below to see how important taking care of your gut is!

Three Points to remember

1. We must balance good and bad bacteria in our intestines.
How?
Simply by taking a probiotic formula morning and night. I prefer to recommend taking those first thing in the morning in a glass of room temperature water and at night just before retiring (1 capsule A.M. and 1 caps at night).
Product recommended: Eleven Elevated. (When beginning a probiotic regimen, start with Eleven Elevated for 30 days then transition to Probiotic Eleven as a daily use probiotic. You may also use Eleven Elevated periodically to boost or strengthen your daily regimen or under times of increased stress.)

Bacillus Coagulans     May provide relief from occasional digestive upset like diarrhea, gas and bloating* Supports gastrointestinal health* Helps support healthy detoxification* Helps support the immune system* Is shelf-stable, requiring no refrigeration Contains prebiotic fiber conducive to the growth of friendly bacteria*

Bifidophilus     This product is recommended for daily use to maintain a healthy balance of friendly bacteria in the intestinal tract, to enhance the production of vitamins by the microbes and to support the immune system. This is a great daily probiotic for adults and children of all ages, particularly women because it protects against unwanted invaders that cause health concerns, especially in the urinogenital tract.

Eleven Elevated for the first 30 days     Provides 30 billion CFU of 11 strains of beneficial bacteria per serving* Helps support repopulation and optimization of beneficial bacteria in the gut. More potent than Probiotic Eleven formula. When beginning a probiotic regimen, start with Eleven Elevated for 30 days then transition to Probiotic Eleven as a daily use probiotic.

Probiotic Eleven then as a daily use     This unique combination of healthful probiotics helps replenish depleted populations in the gut. This specially formulated blend contains strains of important gut-beneficial organisms and prebiotics (non-digestible foodstuffs including fiber) that serve as food for the probiotics in the colon, including short-chain fructooligosaccharides (scFOS).

2. Protect the lining of the gut.
“A leaky gut is the pathway for how toxins enter the body through the GI tract and create all kinds of mayhem once they are in, sort of like party crashers who slip through security and proceed to make a mess of the venue.”
Take the time to listen to Dr. Chutkan (video below).
Imagine the lining of your gut (intestines) as a net with tiny holes that filter "nutrients" to pass through. These nutrients are sent via the blood system to our trillion of cells to create the energy allowing us to simply live!
This lining acts as a safety net preventing big particles to get into our blood system damaging our health.
Some of the unwanted particles that can now pass through include proteins like gluten, bad bacteria and undigested foods particles.
Toxins can also pass through and into your bloodstream causing immune reaction.

3. Feed the good (friendly) bacteria with prebiotics.

Prebiotics are non-digestible carbohydrates which become a food source for probiotics, explains Mayo Clinic.
Prebiotic substances induce the growth of bacteria and fungi which contribute to the well-being of the host, notes Wikipedia.

Foods that are a good source of prebiotics include:

• Oats
• Bananas
• Asparagus
• Berries
• Dandelion greens
• Garlic
• Leeks
• Onions
• Acacia gum (gum arabic)
• Jerusalem artichokes (different from regular artichokes)
  
• Cabbage (white or red) is an inexpensive and versatile prebiotic food that can be consumed as cabbage soup or as a salad.

What if you do not like or are not vegetables friendly? Product recommended: Everybody's Fiber.

Everybody's Fiber contains apple pectin, a soluble fiber that has adsorbing and bulking properties; slippery elm bark, which forms a gel when mixed with water and helps things slide along smoothly; chamomile flowers; short-chain FOS—a soluble fiber that provides food for friendly microorganisms in the colon; flax meal—provides soluble fiber and supports colon health; marshmallow root, which is soothing and adds fiber.

Also contains asparagus stems, peppermint leaves, fennel seeds, uña de gato inner bark, stevia extract, natural peach, apricot and plum flavors, plus malic acid. Everybody’s Fiber can be used by... just about everybody!

What causes a "leaky gut"?

How to repair it?
Probiotic mentioned above, L-Glutamine, Intestinal Soothe and Build

Dr. Robynne Chutkan M.D. Why The Microbiome Is The Future Of Medicine "Pharmagedon"

Gut bacteria plays a crucial role in diseases, from cancer to obesity. Dr. Robynne Chutkan, gastroenterologist at Georgetown University Hospital, joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss her new book, “The Microbiome Solution: A Radical New Way to Heal Your Body from the Inside Out.”

INTERVIEW WITH DR. PERLMUTTER M.D.
The link between the gut and the brain