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GUT HEALTH

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In today’s crazy busy, fast food world our poor old gut gets a serious kicking almost every day.  Many of us struggle chronically with stomach ache, bloating, indigestion, reflux and more. All caused by a very unhappy gut But it’s worse than that. Scientists are now realising our painful, rumbling guts are the source of all sorts of other health problems ranging from chronic auto immune conditions to severe mental health distress. Scientists have just reiterated what our ancestors knew : *gut inflammation results in inflammation throughout our body *restoring gut health is our first line of defence when our immune systems are under attack So we shouldn’t be surprised that we feel thoroughly rubbish when we’re struggling with stomach aches, indigestion, reflux and the like. But what can we do practically to restore our gut health? Well first off we need to stop doing the stupid stuff that’s trashing our gut – lack of rest, sugar, caffeine, alcohol, processed grains, stre...