Why is your gut function important?

• Metabolizing & eliminating minerals, like zinc, iodine, selenium, etc. • Protecting the intestinal mucosal membrane & secreting toxins that kill pathogenic microbes

• Interacting with, supporting & regulating our immune & inflammatory system

Your gut microbiota can affect your thoughts, your emotions & behavior. Everything from depression/anxiety, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia & autism; never mind cholesterols, weight, diabetes, liver function, etc.

According to the researchers, further evidence came from a survey of observers of the Jewish holiday of Passover.

When reminded during the holiday of the leavened foods they couldn’t enjoy with others, participants’’ loneliness increased.

Further evidence came from a survey of observers of the Jewish holiday of Passover. When reminded during the holiday of the leavened foods they couldn’t enjoy with others, participants’’ loneliness

increased.

Today’s diet destroys the good guys & supports the bad guys.

• Bad guys feed on sugars • Pasteurized, process & GMO foods lack the nutrients the good guys require

• Lack good fiber to transport/feed the good guys

• Environmental and heavy metal toxicity in the air, water, food & cleaning products destroy the good guys • Research is now showing that medications, from anti-depressants to birth control pills to anti-biotics destroy the

Yet, within their own similarly restricted group, they felt a stronger bond. But when restricted from sharing in the meal, people suffer “food worries,” said the researcher. They fret about what they can eat and how others might judge them for not fitting in. Those worries generated a degree of loneliness comparable to that reported by unmarried or low-income adults, and stronger than that experienced

You can enhance good healthy microbiota.

• Fermented foods & picked foods (Healthy yogurt – no sugars, artificial fruit & flavourings)

• Fiber

• Polyphenols (green leafy vegetables, 100% chocolate, berries, etc.)

• Vitamin D from the sun

• Exercise

Whether you want to get pregnant; have emotional issues, neurological disorders, immune disorders, inflammatory disorders, weight issues or a huge number of other issues; then start with your diet and improve your gut function. A healthy gut digests, absorbs and eliminates effectively.

Here’s to your health.

For more information, contact: holly@choicesunlimited.ca

Dr. Holly is a naturopathic doctor that holds a PHD in Psychology and Biochemistry, specializing in balancing mind, body and energy of the system.

Disclaimer: This article provides general information only and is not a substitute for the medical advice of your own doctor or other health care practitioner. by school children who were not native English speakers, according to the research. Compared with non-restricted individuals, having a restriction increased reported loneliness by 19 per cent. People felt lonelier regardless of how severe their restriction was, or whether their restriction was imposed or voluntary.

To date, Woolley said, children have been the primary focus of research on the effects of food restrictions. A nationally representative survey she analysed from the Centers for Disease Control did not track the issue among adults.

But increasingly, Woolley said, food restrictions are being carried into adulthood, or adults are choosing restricted diets such as gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan for health or ethical reasons.

“Up to 30 per cent of all participants in the research deal with restrictions, Woolley said.