Keeping your gut healthy is the secret to long-term health. It’s one of the rules when it comes to living a healthy lifestyle. And to stay healthy, you must keep your gut safe from its number one enemy: inflammation. It’s the right time to discover the inflammation and gut health connection.
Inflammation comes in different forms. It can be a pain in the eyes, joints, or somewhere else in your body. Surprisingly, problems like neck, shoulder, and knee pain are all associated with gut health.
In fact, inflammation is related to most health conditions, including:
- Depression
- Migraine
- Chronic fatigue
- Hormonal imbalance
- Hypertension
- Ulcers
- Stroke
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Crohn’s Disease
- Arthritis
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Asthma
- Chronic Sinusitis
- Hemorrhoids
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Understanding the Link
Inflammation often begins in the gut. This fact clearly shows the connection between inflammation and gut health. Inflammation may manifest as the body’s reaction to nutrient malabsorption because of impaired digestion. The problem is triggered by your intestinal lining’s permeability.
Leaky gut syndrome or intestinal permeability is a serious medical condition. This issue is a great opportunity for viruses, toxins, proteins, and yeast to cross your gut’s lining. They’ll go into your bloodstream, resulting in an inflammatory attack.
Inflammation will affect your gut, brain, pancreas, liver, bones, and kidneys. When it happens, you may end up suffering from migraines, ulcer, or any other inflammatory diseases. A leaky gut can even serve as the culprit for the development of autoimmune diseases.
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Break free from Inflammation
When you get sick, the link between inflammation and gut health may never cross your mind. However, addressing gut issues is key to relieving inflammatory diseases and other health problems. If the medicine prescribed by your doctor isn’t working, your problem is probably due to inflammation.
Your disease will never go away if you only treat the signs. The best response is to address gut problems.
Yes, relief may be achieved by taking anti-inflammatories, painkillers, and antibiotics. These treat the symptoms of your disease, so your life goes back to normal.
However, treating the symptoms offers only temporary relief. The problem will surface again and again unless you deal with poor gut health.
The Brain and Gut Connection
As some say, the gut has its own mind, which is called the “second brain”. This “second brain” is actually the enteric nervous system, which is in the lining of your stomach, esophagus, and small intestines. Stress is the number one issue that affects your digestive system. Stress is caused by your thoughts, poor diet, and lifestyle.
So, always remember that a healthy diet and a positive lifestyle have a direct effect on your gut health.
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Changes for a Healthier You
From now on, you should really pay attention to your diet and lifestyle to free yourself from inflammation. Seemingly harmless problems, like consuming too much unhealthy oils and not getting enough essential nutrients, must be addressed as soon as possible.
Surely, with the right mindset and enough determination, you’ll break free from inflammation and manage to keep your gut in tip-top shape – and as you’ve learned, that means you’ll also be a lot healthier.
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Thanks for reading. I hope this information was helpful. Until next time!
Amy Goodrich
Crazy cat lady, life and food lover, certified biologist, and holistic health coach.
