Are you troubled by constant GI distress? Do you dread going out to dinner with friends, or dread traveling because of your bowels? Your conventional doctor may have told you that it is something you have to live with for the rest of your life because there is no pill for it. However, as a functional medicine specialist, I know the bowels are pivotal to a healthy, thriving, peaceful life. Your vitality is dependent on healthy gut function! Did you know that 80% of your immune system is in your gut? Your immune system will not be properly regulated if you are struggling with digestion, assimilation and elimination issues. Symptoms of pain, excessive burping, bloating, irregularity in your intestinal tract all point to problems either with your acidity, motility, enzyme production, gall bladder function, and very importantly your gut flora balance. A problem with any or multiple of these gut issues can eventually lead to malabsorption, nutritional deficiency, multiple food sensitivities, life threatening food allergies, autoimmune disease, brain fog, chronic fatigue, chronic inflammation, pain, arthritis, osteoporosis, neuro-degeneration, obesity, anxiety, depression, diabetes, cancer and dementia, just to name a few conditions associated with poor intestinal health!
In fact, in the early 1900s, Nobel prize winner and microbiologist Elie Methcnikoff said “Death begins in the colon.” Even Hippocrates, the father of medicine , stated, “ All disease begins in the gut.” You must address your gut dysfunction, it is critical to longevity, vitality and cognitive health. Improving your intestinal health will not only stop your gastrointestinal symptoms, but it is the first step on the road to regenerating a robust immune system and maintaining healthy cognitive function and reducing inflammation. This concept is literally the tag line of my business: cultivate your biome and harmonize your health!
