The Power Of The Gut
As an integrative medicine physician, I stay current with scientific research relevant to patient health in my clinical practice. Over the past two decades, I began seeing an increasing incidence of hormonal and immune dysregulations in my patients. Also, autoimmune diseases, depression, anxiety, and obesity began showing up in unprecedented numbers.
A few years ago, I became aware of the ongoing research on the human gut microbiome. Much of the published researched explained what I was seeing in my clinical practice as linked to a disrupted gut biome. As I began applying the recommended protocols to healing the microbiome of my patients, I was amazed at the clinical improvements I witnessed in a relatively short time, both in symptoms and blood levels associated with inflammation, autoimmune disease, joint pain, chronic skin conditions, depression, anxiety, bowel disorders, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and even viral infections as well as a significant decrease in the incidence of the flu during 'flu season'.
Understanding the gut microbiome is a very important and interesting subject. I emphasize that my patients learn about it, in addition to support it through diet, lifestyle, and correct probiotics. Over the past two decades, the body of research showing a causal relationship between a healthy gut microbiome and disease expression and reversal is vast. The information is so critical I feel it important to describe in detail in this article, so people can make consc...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
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