Leaky business? No, thank you.

It is obvious that we all need food to stay alive. It is no secret that we also need adequate levels of nutrients to maintain a good health. We can use food as our medicine or we can make ourselves sick by not eating properly.

We can ease colds and coughs with ginger, turmeric and honey. We are lucky to be able to buy all sorts of herbs from all over the world that can help us with endocrine system,  digestion, menopause and even cancer. We eat chocolate when we are feeling low or anxious. We drink coffee when we want to feel more energetic. We drink water to avoid skin dryness. It belongs to a general knowledge that we can use food to improve our concentration, appearance and mood, but people still eat junk food, deep fried meals, gluten and drink hectolitres of pop. They are still alive, happy and quite often healthy. So, do we really need to eat healthily?

We get from our bodies what we give them. They always, sooner or later, will pay off  how we treated them and what we fed them with.

However, we can eat organically grown vegetables, drink filtered water and wear protective face masks when we go outside and still get sick. So what the hell is wrong with us?

It’s all about the immune system.

And our immune system begins in our gut.

Our mood is being created in our gut. Chronic illnesses starts in our Gut. It is all about our gut. And our gut is all about the food.

How the food is absorbed and how all the nutrients travel to our cells depend on our digestive system. Even newborn babies have damaged gut flora these days, because of poor diet of their mothers and being fed formula milk (I am not judgemental here, my kids were fed formula, too!). Our stomachs aren’t acidic enough to break down all the fats and protein. If our gastrointestinal microbiota is not rich enough,  as a result undigested fats, carbs and protein get into the bloodstream and are toxic to our immune system causing inflammation. It is known as a leaky gut syndrome and it’s caused when the lining of our intestines have been damaged and became porous. Who the hell wants leaky intestines?

The fact is that if we have healthy microbiome, we might get enough nutrients even from junk and still maintain a strong immunity and not experience any problems.

Well, at least for some time.

 If we have bad acidity and microbiota levels, we might live on spinach, beetroot and cabbage and still be nutrients deficient and have a war of free radicals in every cell. Another side of the story is that there are other factors that still don’t work for you despite your healthy diet, such as resilience to stress, relationships, medical history, etc.

I feel gratitude for the life and health I have received and I am not going to disrespect it, so I am choosing to take the best care of it. My life is not only mine, it’s for my children too.

Our immune system fights the toxins and if the inflammation continues for a long period of time, your body is at risk of developing auto immune diseases, cancers, depression, IBS and other unwanted circumstances. The happy truth is that we can reverse the leaky business by taking our health in our hands and treat it as a priority. You say, I have no time to eat healthily, I work full time. Well, without a good health, high energy levels you won’t be able to perform well in any arena for a long time. I mean with a leaky gut you can only go so far that your body will let you.