Feed the Bacteria in your Gut. They’re Hungry!

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Reduced quantity and diversity of intestinal bacteria may be a big reason that we are seeing increased incidence of inflammatory conditions, such as obesity, type-2 diabetes, and auto-immune disorders in the modern world.  Over-use of antibiotics is one reason that this is happening, reduced fibre in our diets is another.  The good new is that just by increasing the amount of fibre that you eat each day, you can restore depleted bacterial counts in your intestines, valtrex which may go a long way towards not only preventing, but also resolving  some of these chronic illnesses.

From the article:  “If you’re not eating dietary fiber, your immune system may be existing in kind of a simmering pro-inflammatory state,” says Sonnenburg—the very state that predisposes us to different Western diseases. “Our diet and deteriorated microbiota are really a major piece of the puzzle in trying to understand why Western diseases are rising like crazy.”

http://time.com/3936636/diet-gut-bacteria/


About the Author: Rebecca Wong has a BA in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and has been working in the herbal business since 2000. She studied at the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine under respected authorities Paul Des Rosiers and Vu Le, and graduated from the East West School of Planetary Herbology under Michael Tierra. She received training as a yoga teacher at The Branches in Kitchener/Waterloo, and therapeutic yoga teacher training from the School for Somatic Soulwork under Deniz Aydoslu. She now teaches yoga for anxiety, depression and burnout at Rebecca's Restful Yoga Studio in Toronto.

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