Hello!!! My apologies for the delay in getting this to you....I have been absolutely swamped helping patients this week.  This week's Forum topic is the four pillars of digestive health.

 

Naturopathic education beats one concept into practioners heads during the training process and that is...if something is wrong with digestion, fix that first because everything will improve.  As a clinician, I have learned the veracity of that concept.  Many, many health problems emminate from faulty digestion.

 

Step#1

Investigation: This is a very tough one for most clients!

 

People simply do not understand the complex array of bacterial, ecological, and toxilogical events in the gut.  Many current treatments only address symptoms and are not effective at changing the GI environment.  I have learned that health interventions are only effective when they focus on the root cause of problems and contain protocols developed to meet individual patient needs.

 

Digestive complaints most often result from poor lifestyle choices, inflammation, bacterial imbalances, and toxin exposure.

 

A bacterial stool culture will reveal information about the GI environment specfic to that person.

 

Step#2

Develop an individual plan for diet and supplementation based upon, visit,

symptoms and testing results.

 

Step#3

Maintain the healthy environment.

 

 

The four pillars of digestive health are:

 

1. Digestion if operating properly breaks complex food sources into both micro

and macronutrients that are transported throughout the body.

 

2. Elimination

Proper elimination of toxic substances, unusable food portions and the toxic metabolites produced by our own bodies is critical to our health.

 

3. Flora Balances

Our gut hosts upwards of 100 trillion bacteria, yeast and other microbes. Balance of micrfolora is essential to our health.

 

4. Integrity

Over 70% of immune system function takes place in one's GI tract.  Maintaining proper tissue health is essential for preventing leakage of food particles, microorganisms and toxins into the systemic circulation.

 

The goals of restoring GI health and balance are to: remove allergens and toxins, remove harmful organisms, replace important enzymes, and pH, reinoculate with proper bacteria, and repair damage that has occurred due to inflammation.

 

I have seen hundreds of times the incredible difference gut integrity makes in overall health. Visit the digestive aisle of my store for great products, prices and FREE shipping on all orders.

 

See you next week!!

 

Taryn DeCicco, ND, LDN, LAc

847-577-4455

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Best of Health!

 

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