Hollstrom & Associates Inc Shares Benefit of Vitamins to Gut Microbiome
Our bodies are hosts, hosts of our physical lives as well as of microbial life. They are tied together and live on proper nutrition. Hollstrom & Associates Inc helps our Largo chiropractic patients navigate 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. The diet is key. Fermentable fiber and other nutrients play a role in the composition of the gut microbiome and gastrointestinal health. Vitamins A and D are prime vitamins as they regulate the gut immune response or function as a barrier to disease and thereby impact gastrointestinal health and the microbiome. Researchers report that vitamins assist the gut microbiome by increasing 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 Largo chiropractic treatment plan!
THE GUT MICROBIOME: B Vitamins
Our bodies function together with microbial life to stay healthy and to cope with disease. The gut microbiota are reported to produce hundreds of bioactive compounds including B-vitamins which can quash the growth of competitive microbial species. B vitamins are mostly absorbed from the small intestine though excess B is sent on to the distal gut as needed. Recent studies are exploring the additional roles B vitamins seem to take on there: nutrients for both the host and the microbiota, regulators of immune cell activity, mediators of drug efficacy, supporters of the survival of certain bacterium, suppressors of pathogenic bacteria colonization, and colitis modulators. (2) Your Largo chiropractor knows nutrition, particularly how B vitamins are well appreciated by the body and its microbiota!
B VITAMINS IN GUT HEALTH & IMMUNITY & INFLAMMATION
Another interesting tie Hollstrom & Associates Inc wants to present is a tie 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 impact proinflammatory cytokines are potentially toxicity reducing of the kynurenine-linked metabolites. (3) There is so much we are learning more about inflammation, immunity, and the gut. This link to psychiatric issues is another topic of interest to Hollstrom & Associates Inc.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the possible benefit of nutrition for immune support.
Make your Largo chiropractic appointment today. 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!
