There is a lot of talk these days about having a healthy gut. And for good reason. The gut or gastrointestinal (GI) tract plays a crucial role in your overall health and well-being. It is responsible for approximately 80% of your immune system. Additionally, it is responsible for 95% of your serotonin, “the happy chemical.” Without a healthy gut, you’re vulnerable to a myriad of diseases. So, who can you turn to for help maintaining your healthy gut? Your chiropractor.
The Gut’s Role
The gut is responsible for digesting food, absorbing nutrients, and eliminating waste. It is home to trillions of microorganisms, collectively known as the gut microbiota. Those microorganisms play a crucial role in maintaining the gut’s health and overall health of the body.
When your microbiome is happy and healthy, chances are your overall health will be good as well. However, when factors including toxin exposure, lifestyle choices, and diet lead to a compromised or damaged gut, health issues become a possibility. The gut can literally “turn on” potential disease processes throughout the body. Many of those processes that you might never think originated in the gut.
Origin of All Disease
In fact, it was the father of medicine, Hippocrates, who said “All disease begins in the gut.” Today we understand the full meaning of his words. The gut is foundational to just about every other system in your body. Even if you have an adequate diet and no digestive issues, you can be experiencing health issues that originated in your gut including mental health problems, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, asthma, chronic sinus infections, and autoimmune conditions just to name a few. This list goes beyond the more directly linked gut related health issues which include Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s, constipation, and leaky gut.
Regardless of the health issue, the functioning of your gut is, like every other action in your body, controlled by the nervous system. If your spine isn’t properly aligned, and your internal communication or I.T. system isn’t functioning properly, parts of your body can malfunction, including your organs, including your gut.
Through focusing on the musculoskeletal and nervous systems, chiropractic care improves the function of the entire body, including the gut. Studies have suggested that chiropractic care may help improve gut function and restore balance to the gut microbiota. One way that chiropractic care may improve gut health is by reducing stress on the nervous system. The nervous system and the gut are closely linked, and stress can disrupt the gut-brain axis, leading to gut dysbiosis and inflammation. Chiropractic adjustments have been shown to reduce stress on the nervous system, which may help restore balance to the gut-brain axis and improve gut function.
Another possible mechanism by which chiropractic care may improve gut health is by reducing inflammation. Inflammation in the gut can lead to a variety of health issues, including IBD, IBS, and even autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis. Chiropractic care has been shown to reduce inflammation in the body in several ways, including by reducing the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and increasing the production of anti-inflammatory cytokines.
A third possible mechanism by which chiropractic care may improve gut health is by improving spinal alignment. Spinal misalignments, or subluxations, can disrupt nerve function and lead to a variety of health issues, including gut dysbiosis. Chiropractic adjustments aim to correct spinal misalignments, which may help restore nerve function and improve gut health.
Go With Your Gut…Today
While the research is exciting, we have only begun to fully understand the beneficial relationship between chiropractic care and gut health. However, in the meantime, our not understanding all the benefits does not mean that you can’t begin reaping those benefits today.
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Siku hizi kuna mazungumzo mengi kuhusu kuwa na tumbo lenye afya. Na kwa sababu nzuri. Matumbo au mfumo wa tumbo (GI) hutimiza fungu muhimu katika afya yako ya jumla na ustawi. Ni jukumu la karibu 80% ya mfumo wako wa kinga. Kwa kuongezea, ni wajibu kwa 95% ya serotonini yako, "kemikali ya furaha". Bila matumbo yenye afya, wewe ni dhaifu kwa magonjwa mengi. Kwa hiyo, ni nani unayeweza kumwuliza ili akusaidie kudumisha afya yako ya tumbo? Mtaalamu wako wa upasuaji. Daraka la Matumbo Matumbo ni wajibu wa kumeng'enya chakula, kunyonya virutubisho, na kuondoa taka. Ni makao ya mabilioni ya viumbe wadogo, wanaoitwa kwa ujumla viumbe wadogo wa matumbo. Viumbe hao wadogo hutimiza fungu muhimu katika kudumisha afya ya matumbo na afya ya jumla ya mwili. Ikiwa microbiome yako ni nzuri na afya, kuna uwezekano kwamba afya yako ya jumla itakuwa nzuri pia. Hata hivyo, mambo kama vile kuathiriwa na sumu, njia ya maisha, na lishe husababisha utumbo usiwe na afya nzuri au uharibifu, na huenda ikawa vigumu kupata afya nzuri. Matumbo yanaweza kihalisi "kuwasha" magonjwa yanayoweza kutokea katika mwili wote. Mengi ya mambo hayo ambayo huenda usidhani yalitokea ndani ya tumbo. "Hippocrates, ambaye ni baba wa tiba, alisema, ""Ugonjwa wote huanza katika matumbo"" na ""Ugonjwa wote huanza katika tumbo.""" Matumbo ni msingi wa karibu kila mfumo mwingine katika mwili wako. Hata kama una chakula cha kutosha na hakuna matatizo ya kumeng'enya, unaweza kuwa na matatizo ya afya ambayo yalitokana na matumbo yako ikiwa ni pamoja na matatizo ya afya ya akili, ugonjwa wa moyo, aina ya 2 kisukari, kansa, pumu, maambukizo ya sinus, na hali ya autoimmune tu kutaja chache. Miongoni mwa matatizo ya afya ya kawaida ni pamoja na Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn's, constipation, na leaky gut. Bila kujali hali ya afya, utendaji wa matumbo yako, kama kila hatua nyingine katika mwili wako, unadhibitiwa na mfumo wa neva. Kama uti wako wa mgongo si sawa, na mawasiliano yako ya ndani au I.T. Mfumo wa mwili hauwezi kufanya kazi vizuri, sehemu za mwili wako zinaweza kufanya kazi vibaya, ikiwa ni pamoja na viungo vyako, ikiwa ni pamoja na matumbo yako. Kwa kuzingatia mfumo wa misuli na mifupa na mfumo wa neva, matibabu ya chiropractic huboresha utendaji wa mwili wote, kutia ndani matumbo. Uchunguzi umeonyesha kwamba matibabu ya chiropractic yanaweza kusaidia kuboresha utendaji wa matumbo na kurudisha usawa katika viumbe wa ndani wa matumbo. Njia moja ambayo matibabu ya chiropractic yaweza kuboresha afya ya matumbo ni kwa kupunguza mkazo kwenye mfumo wa neva. Mfumo wa neva na matumbo yana uhusiano wa karibu, na mkazo unaweza kuvuruga mhimili wa matumbo na ubongo, na kusababisha dysbiosis ya matumbo na uvimbe. Chiropractic inaweza kusaidia kupunguza shinikizo kwenye mfumo wa neva, ambayo inaweza kusaidia kurudisha usawa wa tumbo-ubongo na kuboresha utendaji wa tumbo. Njia nyingine inayowezekana ambayo utunzaji wa chiropractic waweza kuboresha afya ya matumbo ni kwa kupunguza uvimbe. Ugonjwa wa tumbo unaweza kusababisha matatizo mbalimbali ya afya, ikiwa ni pamoja na IBD, IBS, na hata magonjwa ya autoimmune kama vile ugonjwa wa arthritis. Chiropractic inaonyesha kupunguza uvimbe katika mwili kwa njia kadhaa, ikiwa ni pamoja na kupunguza uzalishaji wa pro-inflammatory cytokines na kuongeza uzalishaji wa anti-inflammatory cytokines. Njia ya tatu inayowezekana ambayo utunzaji wa chiropractic unaweza kuboresha afya ya matumbo ni kwa kuboresha usawa wa uti wa mgongo. Uharibifu wa uti wa mgongo, au subluxations, unaweza kuvuruga kazi ya neva na kusababisha masuala mbalimbali ya afya, ikiwa ni pamoja na dysbiosis ya matumbo. Utaratibu wa chiropractic unakusudiwa kurekebisha kasoro za uti wa mgongo, ambazo zaweza kusaidia kurudisha utendaji wa neva na kuboresha afya ya matumbo. "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, ""Wakati utafiti ni ya kusisimua, sisi tu wameanza kuelewa kikamilifu uhusiano manufaa kati ya huduma chiropractic na afya ya matumbo.""" Hata hivyo, kwa sasa, kutoelewa faida zote hakumaanishi kwamba huwezi kuanza kufurahia faida hizo leo. Kupata mtoa huduma wa maisha ya miaka 100 karibu na wewe leo, na kuanza kuishi 100: 100 kwa miaka 100 au zaidi! Mwili wako utakushukuru!