Step 1: Soothe, protect and nourish your gut with Nutra-Life Gut Relief
Did you know that large, undigested food molecules can irritate and inflame the cells that line our digestive tract? This might happen if we regularly eat foods that don’t agree with us, or that we can’t properly break down. This leads to unpleasant symptoms and potential health problems. Over time, this can be damaging, causing the cells that line our gut to become ‘leaky’. A leaky gut sets the scene for ongoing inflammation and worsening of food sensitivities. It can also trigger the immune system to become over-reactive which can lead to other health problems.What is leaky gut?
The small intestine is the location for nutrient breakdown and absorption. But it also provides a physical barrier from pathogens and toxins from the outside world. Think of the cells that line the digestive tract like a brick wall. Digestive cells known as enterocytes are the ‘bricks’. They are lined up in an orderly pattern and held tightly together by ‘mortar’ which are adhesion molecules called ‘tight junctions’. In a sense, the tight junction ‘glue’ enterocytes together. When these tight junctions fail, enterocytes start to move away from each other. Suddenly, your ‘strong brick wall’ is becoming crumbly and ready to fall! When this happens, you have increased intestinal permeability, otherwise known as ‘leaky gut’. With it, we are at risk of absorbing larger, non-broken down food molecules. Worse still, larger substances like microbes or allergens, which ordinarily would be too big to pass, may also get through. These large substances passing into the bloodstream triggers the immune system to a state of alarm – otherwise referred to as ‘leaky gut’. Nutra-Life Gut Relief is formulated to soothe, nourish and protect your gut combining Prebiotics with Glutamine, Globe Artichoke and Slippery Elm to help support gut lining integrity, maintain healthy digestive function and support the liver.Step 2: Support the balance of healthy gut flora with Nutra-Life Probiotica™ Range
Poor gut integrity and an overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria go hand-in-hand and pave the way for poor health outcomes. Step 1 helped us to manage gut integrity and moving on to Step 2 tackles the important role of repopulating the gut with a broad spectrum of beneficial bacteria with Nutra-Life Probiotica™. A probiotic supplement makes it easy for you to get guaranteed, live levels of beneficial bacteria in order to support the balance of healthy gut flora and support the gastrointestinal barrier function. Probiotica™ can be helpful during times when levels of intestinal flora are low which can occurs when we consume substances that have a negative impact on both the quality and variety of gut species such as medications, alcohol, toxins, pesticides and at times, even stress. Probiotics, or beneficial bacteria, support our digestive health in several ways:- Assisting with the digestion of foods,
- Producing nutrients such as certain vitamins that our bodies need,
- Producing energy for our cells, and;
- Ensuring that harmful bacteria or yeasts are kept from over-populating.
