OrthoIllinois Chiropractic Shares Benefit of Vitamins to Gut Microbiome
Our bodies are hosts, hosts of our physical bodies as well as of microbial life. They are linked together and live on proper nutrition. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic helps our McHenry chiropractic patients find their way around the world of gut nutrition as it is involved in physical and microbial life.
THE GUT MICROBIOME: Vitamins
The gut microbiome is important in maintaining physical health and in breeding disease. Diet is central. Fermentable fiber and other nutrients affect the composition of the gut microbiome and gastrointestinal health. Vitamins A and D are prime vitamins as they modulate the gut immune response or function as a barrier to disease and thereby impact gastrointestinal health and the microbiome. Researchers found that vitamins assist the gut microbiome by enhancing the number of presumed commensals (A, B2, B3, C, K, beta carotene), microbial diversity (A, B2, B3, C, K) and richness (D), short chain fatty acid production (C), and the abundance of short chain fatty acid producers (B2, E). (1) Making a quality multi-supplement part of your everyday routine is so important to be added to your McHenry chiropractic treatment program!
THE GUT MICROBIOME: B Vitamins
Our bodies work together with microbial life to maintain health and to deal with disease. The gut microbiota are reported to make hundreds of bioactive compounds including B-vitamins which can suppress competitive microbial species’ growth. B vitamins are mostly absorbed from the small intestine though excess B is sent on to the distal gut as needed. New studies are considering the other roles B vitamins seem to take on there: nutrients for both the host and the microbiota, regulators of immune cell activity, mediators of drug effectiveness, supporters of the survival of certain bacterium, suppressors of pathogenic bacteria colonization, and colitis modulators. (2) Your McHenry chiropractor understands nutrition, particularly how B vitamins are well valued by the body and its microbiota!
B VITAMINS IN GUT HEALTH & IMMUNITY & INFLAMMATION
Another interesting tie OrthoIllinois Chiropractic wants to share is a link between the microbiota, immune cell activity, and inflammation. The gut-associated lymphoid tissue is described as the largest immunity organ in the human body. Disturbances to the gut microbiome may lead to increased gut permeability and trigger systemic inflammation as well as issues with the central nervous system. Proinflammatory cytokines (via the kynurenine pathway’s enzymes creating neuroactive metabolites – another topic for another time!) are linked with several psychiatric disorders (bipolar, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, autism, depression, alcoholism). Probiotics which can affect proinflammatory cytokines are suggested as potentially decreasing the toxicity of the kynurenine-linked metabolites. (3) There is so much we are finding out about inflammation, immunity, and the gut. This link to psychiatric issues is another interesting topic to OrthoIllinois Chiropractic.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the possible benefit of nutrition for immune support.
Make your McHenry chiropractic appointment soon. Combining nutrition with gentle chiropractic treatment via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management is a great approach to taking care of your body!
