Gut health and links to our overall health
Research shows that our gut bacteria has some very direct links to many areas of our physical and mental health, including:
- Mental health
- body weight
- skin health and the likelihood of flare ups of skin conditions
- blood sugar balance & risk of type II diabetes
- children’s health including immune health
- digestive health and the likelihood of symptoms
- liver health (a whole digestive and metabolic world of it's own)
- food allergies (linked to digestion)
- inflammation (precursor to so many disease states)
- blood pressure
- antibiotic resistance (the future us will thank us for taking this one seriously!).
One of my aims as a nutritionist is to start helping people to realise the potential of supporting your gut health, in order to influence your wider health.
