All experts point to the importance of three things in your life.
1. Sleep
2. Nutrition
3. Exercise
If you are feeling ill, the first thing a patient does is to see their physician.
We are all familiar with the forms, history, and physical examinations that are performed when seeing a physician.
As part of your medical history, a dietary history or log is as or more important than medications you take. If your doctor does not take a dietary history, he/she is missing important items affecting your health, both mental and physical.
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Organic Live Food, Fitness Diet and Nutrition
Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Postbiotics: The Gut Health Triad You Need to Know
The Gut Biome
A healthy gut flora that’s high in friendly bacteria.
Here are some tips on how to improve your gut flora:
- Eat more prebiotic foods: Eat plenty of foods rich in prebiotic fibers, such as legumes, onions, asparagus, oats, bananas and others.
- Consume more probiotics: Probiotics may increase the abundance of healthy gut bacteria. Fermented foods, such as yogurt, kimchi, kefir and tempeh, are all excellent sources. You could also start taking a probiotic supplement.
- Make time for quality sleep: To improve sleep quality, try cutting out caffeine late in the day, sleeping in complete darkness and making a structured sleep routine so that you go to sleep and wake up at the same time each day.
- Reduce stress: Regular exercise, meditation and deep breathing exercises may help reduce your stress levels. If you regularly feel overwhelmed with stress, you may want to consider seeing a psychologist.
- Eat foods rich in polyphenols: Good sources include blueberries, red wine, dark chocolate and green tea. Polyphenols are not digested very efficiently and often make their way to the colon, where they are digested by bacteria.
You can start on your journey to wellness. Keep a food diary for several days.
In our next edition, we will discuss Sleep.
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