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Mindd Foundation Top 10 Tips For A Healthy Gut
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Breastfeed for at least a year to promote growth of beneficial bacteria.
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Chew well to enable salivary enzymes to digest food.
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Limit drinks with meals because liquid dilutes digestive enzymes.
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Limit medications that destroy good gut bacteria (antibiotics destroys good as well as bad bacteria), the birth control pill (increases estrogen levels which alters the pattern of bacterial growth).
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Eat foods that have been prepared for easy digestion; slow cooked meats, fermented grains, soaked seeds and nuts, cultured dairy.
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Work with a skilled professional to treat gut dysbiosis, gut permeability, food allergies (IgG, IgE and other tests).
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Limit/eliminate wheat, dairy, soy and corn which all contain hard-to-digest proteins.
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Rotate foods for variety and eat 15-20 different food types in a day to enable a good intake of a wide variety of phytonutrients that support gut and overall health
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Avoid additives as they often trigger inflammation. Benzoids and nitrites interact with bacteria to create carcinogens in
the gut.
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Avoid/limit processed foods, especially high GI foods such as sugar and carbohydrates, as these feed gut germs (bacteria, yeast...)
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