Microblog: Gut Healing — 6 Important Things to Strengthen Your Gut

Gut healing is not just your diet.

🧬It’s a LARGE part of healing as we can tame the immune response to food toxins (e.g., plant-based foods).

😭But we see people eat SOME plant-based foods and have decent gut health.

👥Genetics absolutely plays a role in gut health. Some people just win the genetic lottery and can do anything with their health and thrive.

But not all of us.

Not most of us.

🌟But as the study of epigenetics believes our lifestyle determines what genes are turned on/off, we can play to our strengths.

🥩Eating a meat-based diet can do wonders for our gut. Some of us may need to tweak our microbiome bugs and eat favorably to our genes but usually, there are bigger levers to pull.

Reducing stress is critical to gut health.

🥀If you have chronic stress in the body, it creates chronic, low-dose inflammation. This can include mental stressors, trauma, and even physical stress.

Stress is toxic.

Here’s some reasons:
⚠️The immune system is weakened with constant stress.