Gut health and microbiota

I’m sure you’ve heard of products containing probiotics (e.g., yogurt), prebiotics  (e.g., plant-based foods), fermented foods, gut microbiota (microorganisms including bacteria, virus and fungi that reside in the gut) and microbiome (genetic makeup of these microorganisms) and gut bacteria. 

This is because having a healthy gut is essential to your health and well-being. 

Research has shown that a healthy gut microbiome has amazing health benefits, beyond just helping with digestion.

Good gut bacteria improves heart health, reduces the risk of colon cancer, and can even improve your sleep pattern and mood by producing feel-good hormones or neurotransmitters, like serotonin.

In fact, 95% of serotonin, is produced in the stomach, NOT the brain.

This powerful example of the gut-brain connection demonstrates how gut health is linked to our emotions.

But the process works both ways with signals from the brain also effecting our gut.

The gut-brain relationship is currently gaining a lot of attention in the media and a hot topic for research.

The gut-brain axis and its connections develop during the first three years of life. This very sensitive time of life is also a time when massive amounts of toxins are given to our youngest and most vulnerable population, with vaccines, antibiotics, psychotropic medications, baby formula, and many other chemicals, etc.

These Environmental factors, and lifestyle choices have a great influence as the child grows up.

Especially in the context of mood, anxiety, and depression.