3 WAYS TO HEALTHIER GUT

There are around seven billion people on planet Earth and that’s the number 7 followed by 10 zeros but if you want an idea of how many live bacteria there are you would have to add another one million zeros.

Bacteria are little microorganisms that live everywhere from in the earth to inside our guts. It must have been the most extraordinary moment in one man’s life when he made the first powerful enough microscope to see them in a scraping he took from an old man’s tooth.

That happened in Delft nearly three and a half centuries ago and the same man was the first to see red blood cells and spermatozoa.

At birth a baby has absolutely no bacteria but at the very first cry they will be in the mouth and traveling south. An extraordinarily weird sounding concept but without some of these bacteria inside our gut we would not live.

This symbiotic arrangement means we give a home to these bacteria and they help break down food to enable us to absorb nutrients. They also help create our immune system and despite some types being described as bad where others are supposedly good the fact is they must all have some purpose.

For thousands of generations humans have existed by growing vegetables and catching fish and meat when possible. It is only during the past couple of generations that the habit of buying heavily processed supermarket food has become the norm.

Instead of a more balanced diet we are eating a lot of junk and sadly this applies to many young children who quickly get into the habit of thinking a readymade pie made with over processed white flower laced with salt as a preservative along with a fizzy drink that can be up to fifty per cent sugar, is normal.

When feeling bloated or constipated there is a theory that products like Threelac can assist by introducing millions of known good bacteria into the intestines to bring some relief but at the same time perhaps we should all take a closer look at what we are eating.

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Cccc – Colon Cleansing Colosan Capsules

A healthy diet and regular mealtimes should ensure a perfectly balanced digestive system but with busy lives and hurried eating most suffer at some time or another with a gut problem.

The digestive system is a highly complicated system that involves eight metres of alimentary canal and a number of organs and glands yet few of us bother to wonder what happens after we chew and swallow our food.

Much of the process is conducted in the longest part by far and that is the small intestine. It is here that most of the work is done in breaking down the food to the point where nutrients are released and absorbed into the blood stream.

It is also in the intestines that most of the million upon million little microbes of bacteria and related organisms assist in the process.

It was only a century ago that the importance of roughage in the diet was first understood. The digestive system breaks down everything and absorbs a great deal but the cellulose in vegetables such as fresh greens scours the lining of the intestines keeping them clean.

Unfortunately fresh and healthy food is not something many town people bother about when leading busy lives and a lack of understanding results in too much over processed foods and too much salt and sugar.

Both these cause problems and challenge the delicate digestive system with common results such as high blood pressure and obesity.

One way to keep the intestines clear is colonic irrigation but this only works at the lower end of the system in the large intestine. It is a controversial practice and not for everyone.

It seems safer and far more logical to ingest an agent that will flush the system from the top down and this is where something like Colosan capsules can help.

Available from The Finchley Clinic online the capsules should be taken in accordance with the instructions and if this is new to you then it may be better to start the treatment at the beginning of the weekend as more frequent trips to the lavatory are likely.

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Eat This Berry And Keep Merry

The best way to obtain essential vitamins and minerals is through natural food and ideally supplements should not be necessary.

Unfortunately most of us do not eat freshly picked greens and fruit let alone nuts and cereals from where most of the goodness and fibre comes from.

Vitamin C is an essential ingredient that should be digested daily and this is a classic example of something that certainly is not found in most of the junk and over-processed food that people eat these days.

Occasionally a natural new source of vitamin C is found and this brings us to Camu Camu powder.

The Camu Camu is a plant that only seems to grow very close to water in the tropical atmosphere found in the Brazilian jungle and parts of neighbouring countries.

The small grape like berries are picked at a certain time of year and eaten within a day for maximum benefit. The benefit is an incredible Vitamin C content that provides all an adult needs in a day from just a couple of them.

There are many other beneficial components especially certain minerals that are not only good but essential to good health.

Because the fruit deteriorates and loses its properties quickly it is unlikely anyone living outside South America will ever see one but freeze dried and granulated it is exported in a powder form retaining all the benefits of the fresh fruit.

Our digestive system we ignore at our own peril but sadly that is exactly what most of us do!

We generally have no idea what are essential vitamins and minerals as it is certainly rarely taught at school. This should be a compulsory subject and could actually be taught to youngsters with a bit of fun involved as it might involve eating different samples of food in the classroom.

What we need and where it comes from is a mystery to many younger people today and if they only knew a bit more it might wean them off junk food and sugary drinks.

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