Does Your Gut Hold the Secret to a Healthy Life?
Is the secret to a healthy life getting your gut right? Health professionals think so.
Understanding Our Gut: Human bodies have “trillions of microorganisms” that together make up our microbiome, says the Harvard School for Public Health. The human gut contains “large families of bacteria” that help regulate the “overgrowth of harmful bacteria.” However, an imbalance of microbes in the gut biome can lead to adverse health conditions including inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and obesity, according to Integrative Medicine.
Fermented Foods: What dietary changes can someone make to ensure a healthy gut? Sean O’Mara, MD,recommends swapping carbohydrates for fermented foods. The living microbes found in fermented foods, “help to replace the bad carbohydrate loving microbes inside of your gut with beneficial microbes,” he told Drew Mariani. O’Mara suggested that while some doctors think fermented foods are a problem, “they really are not…when introduced appropriately.”
Excerpted from Relevant Radio
