Jeffrey Bland explains how your gut houses 70% of your immune cells and uses them to sample food and microbes. A balanced microbiome supports immunity, while dysbiosis can trigger infection and inflammation. Fiber, phytonutrients, and fermented foods help; sugar and unnecessary antibiotics harm it.
Your gut is a 30 foot long digestive tube that converts the nutrients from your food into energy and building blocks for your body.
A healthy gut is essential to wellness.
Your gut's immune system may help protect.
You against infections, inflammation, autoimmune conditions and even allergies.
In fact, you your gut contains up.
To 70% of your immune cells.
But how does gut immunity work?
And how can you improve?
All starts with your food.
Food first enters the gut when you.
Eat, as it makes its way down the gut.
This food is broken down at a microscopic level.
Your gut lining is covered in cells.
That simultaneously absorb nutrients while forming a.
Protective barrier with the outside world.
Just below these cells are immune cells like microphages, B cells, T cell, T.
Cells and dendritic cells.
These gut immune cells can learn about.
The world by directly sampling food from the gut. Once they receive that signal, they can.
Then share it with other immune cells. Your gut's immune cells also pick up.
Information from gut bacteria.
These gut bacteria are part of what.
Is called the microbiome, a community of.
Trillions of microbes that live in and on us. Gut bacteria participate in active communication with.
The gut immune system.
One of the ways they do this.
Is through emcells, specialized gut cells that.
Transmit bacterial signals from the outside to.
The inside of the gut.
When this process is balanced, the bacteria.
In the immune system work in sync.
To keep you healthy.
But when you have the wrong bugs in your gut, or when your gut.
Barrier breaks down, these bacteria can cause problems with your gut immune system and your health as a whole.
So how do you keep your gut immune system healthy?
Foods with lots of fiber, as well.
As the phytonutrients found in plants can.
Help support a healthy gut immunity.
On the other hand, eating refined carbohydrates, consuming too much sugar and even eating.
Artificial sweeteners may damage your microbiome and negatively influence your gut immunity.
Beyond these basic diet changes, we now.
Understand the importance of something called immunorejuvenation.
This is the idea that you can.
Renew and rejuvenate your immunity from the ground up.
It's a powerful new reframing of immunity.
One of the best ways to rejuvenate.
Your immune system, including your gut immunity.
Is with a plant called Himalayan Tartary.
Buckwheat, or HTB for short.
HTB contains very high levels of molecules.
Known to help rebalance immune health and.
Improve overall well being.
When we consume htb, we help reset.
Our gut immunity for the better.
To help build a healthier microbiome.
Eat more fiber rich and fermented foods.
Think about a probiotic, try to avoid.
Unnecessary antibiotics, consider some stress lowering techniques.
And finally, try getting better sleep. To optimize your health, look to your.
Gut and pay attention to your gut's immune system.
By improving the gut's immune function through.
Lifestyle changes, you can take a big step towards better health.
For more on all these topics and.
Strategies to support immunorejuvenation, check out bigboldhealth.com.
