08/01/2023
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January is always a good time to start focusing on your gut health, especially after what may have been a month of over indulgence, rich foods and alcohol.
Most of our immune system is in the digestive tract and the gut holds 3-4lbs of good bacteria also known as our microbiome.
Here are few tips on how to keep a happy healthy microbiome.
1. Managing Stress with Yoga helps the digestive system by supporting the nervous system. You may often hear in class, soften the jaw, relax the eyes and all the muscles of the face. This is to access The Vagus Nerve and enable The Parasympathetic Nervous System to action our Rest & Digest System.
2. Eat Fiber Rich foods - Fibre is your gut bacteria's favorite food and lack of fibre will start to deplete your microbiome and can cause constipation.
3. Eat the rainbow - All our fruit and vegetables get there colour and bitter taste from polyphenols, which feed your gut bacteria. By eating a rainbow of coloured foods, at least 30 per week, you will be hugely supporting your health.
4. Chew your food - Digestion starts in the mouth, When you chew each mouthful properly, you also release a lot of saliva, which contains digestive enzymes. As you release these enzymes into the throat and stomach, you further improve the digestive process.
5. Rest your digestive system - When we fast overnight for at least 12 hours it gives our system a rest and allows the gut lining to stay clean which keeps it healthy and maintains a stronger immune system.
6. Avoid processed foods - This is the most obvious tip, process foods have a huge detrimental effect on digestive system and health.
www.purehealthandwellness.co.uk for more digestive health tips and advise.
Yoga, Massage, Aromatherapy, Colon Hydrotherapy & Holistic Therapies By Jackie Haywood. Lyndhurst, Southampton, Brockenhurst, Cadnam, Ringwood, New Forest & Hampshire
