The Inner Tube Of Life: Your Digestive System

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The Inner Tube Of Life: Your Digestive System

You may not even realize you have a

problem but if you have health concerns of any kind or you are

overweight, your inner tube could be the root cause.

Of course, I'm not talking about a beach toy. I mean the inner tube of life — your digestive system!

It is likely that you suffer from

(or have suffered from) some type of digestive disorder — irritable

bowel syndrome, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, reflux,

gas, and other things too gross to mention in print.

And you are not alone. More than 100 million Americans have digestive problems.

Two of the top five selling drugs in America are for digestive problems, and they cost us billions and billions of dollars.

There are more than 200

over-the-counter (OTC) remedies for digestive disorders, many of which

can create additional digestive problems.

Visits for intestinal disorders are among the most common reasons for trips to primary care physicians.

And that's not even the worst news.

Most of us (including most doctors)

do not recognize or know that digestive problems wreak havoc in the

entire body, leading to allergies, arthritis, autoimmune disease,

rashes, acne, chronic fatigue, mood disorders, autism, dementia,

cancer, and more.

So having a healthy gut means more

than simply being free of annoyances like bloating or heartburn! It is

absolutely central to your health. It is connected to EVERYTHING that

happens in your body.

That's why I almost always start

helping people treat chronic health problems by fixing their gut, which

is what I want to help you do today.

Today, you will learn how you can

find out if you have a problem with your gut (though many of you won't

need me to tell you — your gut will speak for itself!), and I will give

you 7 simple steps you can take today to heal your inner tube of life.

Fixing your digestion is the 4th

key of the 7 Keys to UltraWellness or functional medicine, and it is

absolutely essential that you heal this critical system in your body if

you want to achieve optimum health.

Why your gut is so important? Let me explain…

How Your Gut Keeps You Healthy or Makes You Ill

The health of your gut determines

what nutrients are absorbed and what toxins, allergens, and microbes

are kept out. It is directly linked to the health of your whole body.

Intestinal health could be defined

as the optimal digestion, absorption, and assimilation of food. But

that is a big job that depends on many other factors. Let's look at a

few of them…

First, there are bugs in your gut

that form a diverse and interdependent ecosystem like a rainforest. In

fact, there are 500 species and 3 pounds of bacteria in your gut which

form a HUGE chemical factory that helps you digest your food, regulate

hormones, excrete toxins, and produce vitamins and other healing

compounds that keep your gut and your body healthy.

This ecosystem of friendly bacteria must be in balance for you to be healthy.

Too many of the wrong bacteria,

like parasites and yeasts, or not enough of the good ones, like

Lactobacillus or Bifidobacteria, can seriously damage your health.

So keeping a healthy balance of bugs in your intestines is one factor to good gut health.

Second, there is your gut-immune

system. Your entire immune system — and the rest of your body — is

protected from the toxic environment in your gut by a lining that is

only ONE cell-thick layer. If spread out, this lining would take up a

surface area the size of a tennis court, and the entire thing is

covered by a sewer!

If that barrier is damaged, you can

become allergic to foods you may normally be able to digest perfectly

well, you will get sick, your immune system will become overactive, and

it will begin producing inflammation throughout your body.

Filtering out the good molecules

from the bad molecules and protecting your immune system is yet another

important factor in gut health.

Third, there is your second brain —

your gut's nervous system. Did you know your gut, actually contains

MORE neurotransmitters than your brain? In fact, the gut has a brain of

its own. It is called the "enteric nervous system" and it is a very

sophisticated piece of your biology that is wired to your brain in

intricate ways.

Messages constantly travel back and

forth between your gut-brain and your head-brain, and when those

messages are interfered with in any way your health will suffer.

Fourth, your gut also has to get

rid of all the toxins produced as byproducts of your metabolism, which

your liver dumps into bile. If things get backed up when you are

constipated, you will become toxic and your health will suffer.

And last but not least, your gut

must break down all the food you eat into its individual components,

separate out the vitamins and minerals, and shuttle everything across

the one cell-thick layer mentioned above so it can get into your

bloodstream and nourish your body and brain.

Your gut has quite a lot to manage.

Even in perfect world it is hard to keep all of this in balance. But in

our modern world there are endless insults that can knock our digestive

systems off balance; it is that much more difficult to maintain

excellent digestive health.

NEXT: How to know if your gut is out of balance

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The Inner Tube Of Life: Your Digestive System

You may not even realize you have a

problem but if you have health concerns of any kind or you are

overweight, your inner tube could be the root cause.

Of course, I'm not talking about a beach toy. I mean the inner tube of life — your digestive system!