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10 signs that something is wrong with your gut

In this episode I talk about:

• What symptoms indicate that something is wrong with your gut?
• What could be the causes if you have these signs?
• Why you won't be able to rebalance your gut without diet
• What else you can do for your gut in addition to your diet

Many physical symptoms are not associated with the gut. However, almost every health problem has something to do with the gut!

What are the signs?

You should be alert to the following signs and take care of your gut and diet in addition to medical treatment:

1. Digestive problems such as flatulence, diarrhea, constipation, irregular digestion
2. Skin problems such as neurodermatitis, psoriasis, acne rosacea, blemished skin, eczema
3. Allergies such as hay fever, animal hair, dust, but also asthma or other respiratory problems
4. Hormonal complaints, including infertility
5. Tiredness, sleep disorders
6. B12 or iron deficiency
7. Mood swings, depression
8. Chronic inflammation, which underlies almost all diseases of civilization
9. Autoimmune diseases such as Hashimoto's, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis
10. Chronic weight problems, whether overweight or underweight
11. Bonus sign that I only added during the recording: Fungal infections (nail fungus, athlete's foot) or bladder infections

Also read our blog article on symptoms of bowel problems.

What could be the underlying cause if you have signs that something is wrong with your bowels?

• Caesarean section: If you were born by caesarean section, it is quite possible that you have already had an unfavourable first colonization of the intestine because you did not pass through the birth canal. This is where we pick up the first good bacteria.
• Taking antibiotics: Antibiotics not only destroy harmful bacteria, they also destroy good bacteria. beneficial bacteria. The earlier in life and the more often you have had to take antibiotics, the higher the likelihood that you have also messed up your intestinal flora as a result.
• Long-distance travel: You can pick up bad bacteria, parasites or other problems in other countries, which is why we also recommend that you take a probiotic before traveling to distant countries so that your gut can fight off harmful things immediately
• Taking medication in general: Many medications change the environment in the gut and therefore have a negative effect on the gut flora

• Unfavorable diet: Refined, industrially produced food, too much sugar, but also too little variety in food or eating too quickly disrupt the gut
• Stress: Increases stress hormones, can promote inflammation, has a slowing effect on digestion and can therefore be a contributory cause of bowel problems

Why you won't be able to get your gut back in order without diet:

Many people think it is enough to take so-called gut remedies and forget that diet plays a decisive role in whether these remedies can work at all!

Because you are constantly changing the environment in the intestine negatively through unfavorable food, this can mean that actually positive remedies such as probiotics cannot develop their effect at all.Certain foods can also promote inflammation, and if you are constantly generating new inflammatory processes, the intestine cannot heal! Such inflammation-promoting foods include omega-6 rich oils, sugar, white flour products, wheat and cow's milk products. Not everything triggers inflammation in everyone, it depends on the quality and quantity of the food! An unbalanced diet also leads to an impoverishment of the biodiversity of intestinal bacteria. A varied diet is therefore crucial to increase bacterial diversity.

What else can you do for your gut apart from your diet

Diet alone cannot always do the trick, which is why you will have the greatest success with your gut if you approach the issue from as many angles as possible.

For example, you can:

• Take probiotics and prebiotics (we use products from Arktis BioPharma)
• Make your own fermented foods or, if you can find good raw food quality products (unpasteurized), you can also buy them
• Reduce stress on a In a way that suits you, actively or passively, with sport, meditation, nature, good conversation and so on!

Would you like to do more for your gut? Our online course Darmglück will be starting again soon:Online course Darmglück

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