MONDAY^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
HEALTH TIP++++++++++++++++++++++++
IN YOUR GUT:
"STOMACH BUGS CAN BE A GOOD THING. THERE ARE THINGS YOUR BODY CANNOT BREAK DOWN TO DIGEST, SO BACTERIA ENJOY DOING THIS FOR YOU. THE MICROBES CONVERT INDIGESTIBLE FIBRE INTO BENEFICIAL CHEMICALS AND HELP SYNTHESIZE VITAMINS. THEY ALSO HELP US METABOLIZE FOOD PROPERLY AND COAT THE INTESTINAL LINING TO CROWD OUT UNWANTED PATHOGENS. CERTAIN BACTERIA SPECIES ACT AS MOOD-BOOSTERS BY PRODUCING THE FEEL-GOOD BRAIN CHEMICAL SEROTONIN.
NOT ALL GUT BACTERIA ARE FRIENDLY. POOR DIETS THAT ARE HIGH IN REFINED SUGARS AND FATS INTERACT WITH GUT BACTERIA TO STIMULATE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND ALTER THE COMPOSITION OF BACTERIA IN THE GUT. ALL OF THIS CAN LEAD TO INFLAMMATION THROUGHOUT THE BODY, WHICH HAS BEEN LINKED TO OBESITY, CHRONIC DISEASE AND MOOD DISORDERS, SUCH AS ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION."
