DIGESTION
Your guts favorite food
What is fiber
Preventing harmful bacteria and toxins from entering your bloodstream.
What is the gut (firewall or barrier)
Looks like the gut and works like the gut
what is the brain
How long is your gut?
What is 20-30 feet?
Cleveland: 22 feet
NIH: 20 feet
AI/Wikipedia: 30 feet
Healthline: 15 feet
Bacteria in the gut are way more than the cells: True or False
What is True
A Diverse Gut Microbiome = A Stronger Immune System: True or False
What is True
The more diverse your gut bacteria, the better your body can adapt to new germs and infections.
Stanford University DNA sequencing of stool:
Industrilized countries= 250 bacteria species
Non-industrialized like hunters and gatherers = 750 bacterial species healthier bio diversity
Nepal (50/50)=450 bac species
This makes it harder to fall or stay asleep
What is poor gut health
Your Gut Affects Sleep Quality – Poor gut health can reduce melatonin production, making it harder to fall and stay asleep.
Gut health has nothing to do with weight: True or False
What is false
The types of microbes in your gut influence how you store fat, absorb nutrients, and regulate hunger hormones.
The gut's best friend
What is probiotics
Weaken Your gut defenses and immune function
What is antibiotics
While necessary for infections, antibiotics kill both bad and good bacteria, which can weaken immune function if overused.
Also processed foods and stress
Gut inflammation is linked to which mood disorders
What is depression and anxiety
Dopamine Production – Certain gut microbes help produce dopamine and serotonin, the neurotransmitters associated with motivation and pleasure.
Fasting = good gut health: True or False
What is True
Regular Fasting Can Boost Gut Microbiome. Health – Intermittent fasting allows the gut to reset and encourage the growth of beneficial bacteria, improving metabolic efficiency.
Sleep time counts toward fasting!
Stress, poor sleep, processed foods, dehydration cause
What is imbalance of good and bad bacteria: bad bacteria> good bacteria (gut dysbiosis)
Processed foods (broken down into predigestible form that your body doesnt have to work to metabiolize it>>digestion signals that tell you you are full, don’t work effectively, therefore, more likely to eat more.) keep microbials from growing
70-80% of which cells live in your gut?
What is immune cells
The nerve that connects the gut and the brain
What is Vagus nerve
This nerve acts like a superhighway, sending signals between the gut and brain, influencing mood, hunger, and stress responses.
That "gut feeling" is real!
Which foods are good for the gut?
What is whole foods
Microbes depend on whole foods/good food. If we dont eat good food, bacteria gut eat the mucus layer>>inflammation=>closer to colon cells>> it invades the tissues>>blood!
Yogurt, kefir, kimchi, and sauerkraut provide probiotics. What are they?
What is fermented foods
Your Immune System trainer
What is the gut
Friendly bacteria in your gut "educate" your immune cells, teaching them how to fight harmful invaders while ignoring harmless substances.
Happy gut=happy hormones=happy mood! True or False
What is True
90% of Serotonin is Made in Your Gut – This "feel-good" neurotransmitter, which helps regulate mood, sleep, and happiness, is mostly produced in the gut.
Hungry=angry! rings a bell:))
Digestive Issues Related to Gut Health
⚡ Leaky Gut Syndrome – A damaged gut lining allows toxins to enter the bloodstream.
⚡ Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) – Disrupts digestion, causing bloating, gas, and discomfort.
⚡ Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) – Acid reflux from stomach contents moving back up.
⚡ Dysbiosis – Imbalance of gut bacteria affecting digestion and overall health.
Child traumatic experiences linked to IBS and bowel disorder