The key to healing IBS and fixing your gut is to reboot your gut by getting rid of the bad stuff and putting in the good stuff.
To heal your gut, first we remove the bad stuff (bad bugs, yeast, parasites, worms, food sensitivities) and then replace the things that are missing (enzymes, prebiotics from fiber). We re-inoculate with healthy bacteria (probiotics) and we repair the gut with the right nutrients. We talked about getting rid of the bad stuff (namely, food sensitivities and bugs). Now, we have to add in the good stuff.
While your gut is healing, it’s a good idea to add digestive enzymes to help break down the food. You may need those for two or three months. Then, you need to re-inoculate your gut with healthy bacteria using probiotics such as bifidobacteria, lactobacillus, and other strains of bacteria. They help to repopulate the healthy gut flora and allow your digestion to work better. You can also eat probiotic-rich foods like kimchi, kombucha, miso, or sauerkraut. These are all fermented foods that help your gut flora get and stay healthy.
Vitamin A, zinc, omega-3 fats (fish oil), evening primrose oil, and glutamine all help repair the gut. We also use herbs like turmeric to reduce inflammation and heal a leaky gut.
Normally, your intestinal cells are stuck together like Legos. A leaky gut occurs when the gut lining is interrupted. When the intestinal cells come apart or separate, food proteins and bacteria leak in and they start causing inflammation. Leaky gut can create IBS but also joint pain, fatigue, cognitive problems, depression, allergies, congestion, and rashes like eczema. Many symptoms and diseases are caused by leaky gut.
IBS is the label that doctors lump symptoms like bloating or gas, distention, constipation, diarrhea, and cramping under. Like its name suggests, IBS occurs when your bowel becomes irritable. But, when you look at your colon during a colonoscopy, you don’t really see anything. It looks normal. There is no structural problem, no tumor, no obvious cause. The root problem is dysfunction in your gut ecosystem. Most doctors often suggest eating more fiber OR some meds, but that’s generally not very effective. IBS causes needless misery for millions of people. Fortunately, it is entirely fixable.
Here are some ways you will automatically improve IBS
- Eat mostly a plant-based diet rich in fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds high in fiber, healthy
fats, and nutrients. - Don’t eat carbohydrates alone. Combine protein, fat, and carbohydrates in every meal.
- Pull the sugar. A diet full of empty calories and quickly absorbed sugar, liquid sugar calories, and refined carbohydrates—all of which convert to sugar—creates high insulin levels, eventually leading to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Chronically high insulin levels lead to many problems, including inflammation, high blood pressure, poor sex drive,
increased risk for cancer, and depression. - Eat fat. Use ONLY good, healthy fats and clean (grass-fed or sustainably raised) animal foods. You should include fat at each meal. The best sources are avocados, extra-virgin olive oil, nuts and seeds, extra-virgin coconut butter, organic full-fat coconut milk, whole organic eggs, fatty fish (sardines, wild salmon, mackerel, or herring), grass-fed lamb or beef, or organic poultry.
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