Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation Shares Benefit of Vitamins to Gut Microbiome
Our bodies are hosts, hosts of our physical lives as well as of microbial life. They are connected together and live on proper nutrition. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation helps our Tonawanda chiropractic patients find their way around the world of gut nutrition as it is tied to physical and microbial life.
THE GUT MICROBIOME: Vitamins
The gut microbiome is critical 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 crucial vitamins as they modulate the gut immune response or act as a barrier to disease and thereby influence gastrointestinal health and the microbiome. Researchers found 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 great quantity of short chain fatty acid producers (B2, E). (1) Taking a quality, daily multi-supplement is quite beneficial to be included in your Tonawanda chiropractic treatment program!
THE GUT MICROBIOME: B Vitamins
Our bodies function together with microbial life to maintain health and to cope with disease. The gut microbiota are said 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. Recent studies are considering 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 effectiveness, supporters of the existence of certain bacterium, suppressors of pathogenic bacteria colonization, and colitis modulators. (2) Your Tonawanda chiropractor understands nutrition, especially how B vitamins are well appreciated by the body and its microbiota!
B VITAMINS IN GUT HEALTH & IMMUNITY & INFLAMMATION
Another interesting tie Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation wants to present is a tie between the microbiota, immune cell activity, and inflammation. The gut-associated lymphoid tissue is explained as the largest immunity organ in the human body. Disturbances to the gut microbiome may lead to increased gut permeability and cause 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 learning more about inflammation, immunity, and the gut. This association to psychiatric issues is another topic of interest to Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation.
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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 Tonawanda 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!
