Why Are There 100 Million Brain Cells In Your Gut?

Some people like to trust their gut, when making decisions. Some get butterflies in the stomach when nervous, and the Australian saying "Don't get your guts in a knot" means don't get stressed.

All of the above are about feelings, but there is something going on in your gut that is 100% real. Among the billions of cells in your gut there are a very special 100 million or so.

These cells are essentially brain cells, but they don't live in your head, they are an important part of your gut. This is just another reason why we need to care for our entire digestion.

If you have used or knows someone who has used an anti-depressant it is most likely a type that is known as a serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Its job is to spare the neurotransmitter serotonin in your brain.

This chemical helps us all to be calm and feel emotionally stable. The interesting thing is that 90% of the brain is manufactured in the gut. This means that in order to enjoy good emotional health we need to look after gut health.

I'm sure you have heard about good bacteria and bad bacteria. Good bacteria is damaged by anti-biotics, alcohol, stress, sugar and junk food for starter. This shifts the balance of health in your gut and leads to a problem called leaky gut.

But importantly in this tale of health is that your levels of serotonin will drop and so will your mood.

In the mental health field there is a lot of focus placed on medication but little or usually no attention given to gut health.

Now treating the gut to improve mood, may seem a bit weird in the world of psychiatry but I'm sure that already by now you are realising that caring for the gut would be a no-brainer! And it is to a growing band of astute therapists, but in conservative circles, things stay the same, and in the words of Ronald Regan the "Status Quo" is Latin for "The mess we are in."

It will take time to repair your gut but the good news is that it can be done if you stop eating sugar and all grains but especially wheat and to start re-populating the good bacteria with pro-biotics and feeding them with pre-biotics which are the fibre rich vegetables in particular.

The bad news is that if you don't care for your gut then it won't repair and you will suffer ill health for your whole life. The problem is that you may not notice, you will just get used to feeling sick, tired and in pain.

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Is Your Gut Leaky Making You Fat And Sick

A leaky gut sounds kind of alarming, but it is more common than you would think. It's not about food and liquids gushing out of your small intestine to who knows where, but it's all about a microscopic change in the wall of the small intestine.

If your proteins are not properly broken down in the acid environment of the stomach the no further digestion occurs in the alkaline atmosphere of the small intestine.

These partially digested proteins can then enter the blood stream through the leaky gut and the response is an inflammatory or allergic reaction.

Leaky gut or its technical term dysbiosis is caused by a change in the health of the wall of the small intestine. The microscopic pathways which allow amino acids, water and other nutrients to pass naturally into the blood stream.

But when the gut is leaky larger molecules of undigested food can move into the blood stream. The difference could only be seen through a microscope, so it's not as scary as you might imagine, but the health implications are serious.

Asthma, allergies, skin problems, headaches, joint and muscle pain are the tip of the ice berg.

Leaky gut can be caused by any number of things.

Alcohol, anti-biotics, Bali belly, over cooked barbequed foods, stress, junk food, in other words all the foods and drinks we know to be unhealthy, plus some things which are unavoidable.

The process is that the good bacteria in the gut is diminished making way for less desirable bacterial inhabitants. The wall of the intestine becomes covered with things like dust and gluten and toxins and this aggravates the tissue leaving it open to irritation which results in leaky gut.

Prolonged illness or a diet deficient in amino acids is also a cause. Some people when they first adopt a vegetarian diet miss out on important amino acids

The repair process is done over several weeks, but the first thing to do is to give your gut a rest by backing off on the offending foods and drinks.

A bit of rest and recreation goes a long way in allowing your gut to recover. Aloe Vera will soothe the gut and perhaps a protein shake with pre-digested branched chain amino acids, which ensures delivery into your blood stream.

By solving leaky gut it can make a big difference in your overall health and is the first step in your vital health recovery

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