Why Concern Ourselves with Gut Toxicity?

Gut Pain and Gut Toxicity

Before going any further, we’ll define what a toxin is. A toxin is basically a poison. In terms of your health it can be any compound that has a detrimental effect on cellular function or structure.

The reason we pay so much attention to gut toxicity is that so many chronic diseases can be traced back to gut and digestive problems before the actual onset of the chronic disease. Some of the diseases where gut-derived microbial toxins have been implicated include either short term or long term ones:

Short term: - Allergies; Constipation; Diarrhea; Fatigue; Fever; Gut ache; Headache; Indigestion;

                     Muscle aches and pains; Nausea; Poor Memory; Premenstrual Tension (PMT) Vomiting

Long term: - Asthma; BoneLoss; Arthritis; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Dementia (Alzheimer’s); Eczema;  

                       Liver Disease; Pancreatitis; Heart Disease; Impotence and infertility; Psoriasis; Recurrent Infections;

                     Chohn’s disease; Ulcerative Colitis; Thyroid Disease; Psoriasis; Lupus Erythematosus.

In addition to toxic substances produced by microorganisms, antibodies formed against microbial antigens can “cross-react” with the body’s own tissues causing “autoimmunity”. The list of autoimmune diseases which have been linked to cross-reacting antibodies includes rheumatoid arthritis, myasthenia gravis, diabetes and autoimmune thyroiditis.

So to give yourself the best chance of  not developing these chronic problems it is sound advice to have your gut toxicity checked even if you have learnt to accept your digestive problems as “ just a nuisance” or “ simply normal” or “everybody has them”.

And then even if you are digestive symptom free it is a good idea to have it checked…. A form of  health insurance for the future.

Those of you who have already been diagnosed with these diseases can also benefit. Treatment to prevent the occurrence of further gut toxicity may relieve symptoms or stop the disease becoming worse.

So back to the gut toxicity factor…When gut problems are present there is bound to be toxins produced by bacteria and even yeast in the gut. Generally it is the “bad”bacteria which tend to be the culprits. They tend to feed on sugary foods, undigested food in the gut and of course accumulated waste products especially in constipation. The bad smells produced by wind and flatulence can give you some idea of just what might be happening inside your gut. These toxins can be absorbed, causing significant disruption of bodily functions. This is a slow process because you may have the gut toxicity for quite a number of years before the chronic health diseases develop, most commonly in “middle age”.

Toxins can also arrive in the gut because of your diet. This may be because of the overall quality of the diet, over or under eating in either meat eaters or vegetarians. Toxins also accumulate with excessive consumption of snack foods, deep fried foods, food allergies or intolerances, Leaky Gut Syndrome, abnormal microbial ecology, stress, or prescription and non-prescription drugs.

To find out the toxic load of your gut simply take the following test and see which symptoms apply to you:

1 to 4 symptoms means your toxic load is at level 1;

4 to 8 symptoms means your toxic load is at level 2;

8 or more symptoms indicates a level 3 toxic overload.

At Your Wellness Centre we do further GUT TOXICITY TESTS  to determine the level of bacteria in the gut and will advise you on how to go about reducing it.

Ring us on 9879 9596 today!