Natural variety of microflora. As long


as you vary the fermented and cultured foods you eat, you'll get a much wider variety of beneficial bacteria than you could ever get from a supplement.


What the State of Your Gut Tells About Your Overall Health


Probiotics, along with a host of other microorganisms, are so crucial to your health that researchers have compared them to "a newly recognized organ." Your microflora – a term used to describe the bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microbes that make up your microbial inner ecosys- tem – impact far more than your digestive tract.


Here are areas where your gut bacte- ria play key roles in:


Behavior. A study published in Neu- rogastroenterology & Motility found that mice lacking in gut bacteria behave differ- ently from normal mice, engaging in what would be referred to as "high-risk behav- ior." This altered behavior was accompa- nied by neurochemical changes in the mouse brain. In fact, your gut serves as your second


brain. It produces more of the neurotrans- mitter serotonin, which is known to have a positive influence on your mood, than your brain does.


Gene expression. A probiotic-rich


beverage has been shown to influence the activity of hundreds of your genes to help them express in a positive, disease-fighting


way. This makes your gut health a very powerful variable of epigenetics, a cutting- edge field of medicine showing that your lifestyle plays a significant role in your genetic expression.


Diabetes. According to a study from


Denmark, bacterial population in the gut of diabetics differs from non-diabetics. According to the authors, the results of their study indicate that type 2 diabetes in humans is linked to compositional chang- es in intestinal microbiota. A healthy diet – low in sugar and


grains; high in whole raw foods and fer- mented foods – allows your beneficial gut bacteria to flourish.


Autism. Establishment of normal gut


flora in the first 20 days or so of life is critical in appropriate maturation of your baby's immune system. Hence, babies with abnormal gut flora have compro- mised immune systems and are particu- larly at risk for developing ADHD, learning disabilities, and autism, especially if they are vaccinated before restoring balance to their gut flora.


Obesity. Probiotics may help fight


obesity. Restoring your gut flora is there- fore a crucial consideration if you're strug- gling to lose weight.


The GAPS Protocol by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride Your gut is home to both good and bad bacteria, which outnumber the cells in your body by at least 10 to one.


The challenge is optimizing the bacte-


rial population in your gut: striving for an ideal good to bad bacteria ratio. This can help them live in a beneficial, symbiotic relationship to help nourish you and fight disease. This is where the GAPS Nutritional


Program – which has also brought massive benefits to my own gut and overall health – comes in. Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, a


Russian-trained neurologist with a full- time medical practice in the United King- dom, in her GAPS program, treats children and adults with autism, learning disabili- ties, neurological disorders, psychiatric disorders, immune disorders, and digestive problems using GAPS.


I am completely amazed by the prin-


ciples of the GAPS, which introduces fermented foods and the "heal and seal" process that Dr. McBride has developed. GAPS stands for "Gut and Psychology


Syndrome," which talks about the func- tioning of your brain. According to Dr. McBride, any dysfunction of the brain is usually connected to what's going on in the digestive system. GAPS also means "Gut and Physiol- ogy Syndrome," which talks about the functioning of the rest of your body. Here, we're talking about all forms of autoim- munity and inflammatory conditions:


Multiple sclerosis Type 1 diabetes Rheumatoid arthritis Osteoarthritis Lupus


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