Many of the modern gut-health issues that we hear of today (IBS, leaky gut) are misdiagnosed in western medicine as only due to diet, stress, lack of physical exercise, or adrenal fatigue.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, we are always looking at the holistic pattern of the patient. You give us the puzzle pieces and we can help you put them together. As a rule of thumb, any amount of consumption (in the extreme sense) can be harmful. (Learn more about this in our gut health online course)!
In Western medicine, gut health foods tends to focus on improving gut bacteria and quality of the gut microbiome. While gut inflammation and leaky gut are common diagnoses for those with gut health issues, it only focuses on the gut and not all of the other qualities we look to understand in TCM.
Gut health is becoming increasingly popular these days and in due time. Many of the chronic ailments our modern society is experience includes a tendency to be stressed, which impacts sleep, then impacts our digestion, and in turn affects the home in which our food is meant to transform into nutritive goods for our body. In Chinese Medicine, the gut represents the Stomach/Spleen network or otherwise the Earth Element.
The Earth Element is considered one of the most important elements because it acts as the foundation for all things to grow well. Fermented foods is to heal the gut is as fertilizer is plant soil.
Let's work together to learn how to improve gut health. That's okay - me too (once upon a time). I too did not understand what iced-cold coffee would do to my spleen. I also ate fried foods on a regularly basis, at school and out with friends. At the time I thought it was normal to (TMI alert) poop once or twice a week.
You can improve your gut health with natural bacteria through a selection of foods. Here are some TCM-approved recommendations that you should try to incorporate everyday
4. Find foods with Chitin - (read research article here) based on TCM super herb Chuan Tui, it has shown to boost health gut bacteria. can reduce inflammation, may be good for weight loss and preventing constipation can moisturize and protect your skin from drying
To help you learn more about your gut health, we are launching our Gut Health Online Course.
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