The importance of bowel health, in a few words!

Have you ever felt different emotions, so-called “butterflies in the stomach” or in stressful situations in life, have you had digestive disorders for unknown reasons?
According to recent research, the intestine is also called the “second brain”, it is made of the same materials as the brain, has its own reflexes, senses and is populated by microorganisms that ensure the health of many systems in the human body, not just the digestive tract. – they intervene in the activity of the respiratory, immune and metabolic system.
Maintained in a state of eubiosis / balance, the microbiome or intestinal flora ensures the absorption of nutrients from food, reduces inflammation, helps maintain a normal body weight, regulates transit, prevents the development of bacteria harmful to the body and helps adapt to physiological changes.
We have listed some of the important functions of the intestinal microbiome and we realize how important it is to maintain its health by eliminating first of all the factors that disturb its balance:
-Stress
-Excessive diet in saturated fats and refined sweets
-Physical exhaustion and lack of rest
-Administration of certain drugs and antibiotics
-Nutritionally unbalanced diets
How do we help maintain this balance?
By consuming prebiotics: fiber foods – these are food for the intestinal flora and are found in fruits, vegetables, grains and dietary supplements with prebiotics
And probiotics: yogurt, kefir, pickles, certain teas and supplements, etc.
It is recommended to have a balance between diet, rest, exercise and supplementation.

Andra Mamele
Nutritionist technician