Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre 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. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre helps our Toronto 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 critical in maintaining physical health and in breeding disease. Diet is central. Fermentable fiber and other nutrients play a role in the composition of the gut microbiome and gastrointestinal health. Vitamins A and D are crucial vitamins as they modulate the gut immune response or function as an obstacle to disease and thereby influence 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 quite beneficial to be included in your Toronto chiropractic treatment program!
THE GUT MICROBIOME: B Vitamins
Our bodies work together with microbial life to stay healthy and to cope with disease. The gut microbiota are said 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 supplied to the distal gut as needed. Recent studies are exploring 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 Toronto chiropractor knows nutrition, especially how B vitamins are well appreciated by the body and its microbiota!
B VITAMINS IN GUT HEALTH & IMMUNITY & INFLAMMATION
Another interesting tie Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre wants to present is a tie between the microbiota, immune cell activity, and inflammation. The gut-associated lymphoid tissue is described as the biggest 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 forming 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 reducing the toxicity of the kynurenine-associated metabolites. (3) There is quite a bit we are discovering about inflammation, immunity, and the gut. This link to psychiatric issues is another interesting topic to Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre.
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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 potential benefit of nutrition for immune support.
Make your Toronto chiropractic appointment now. 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!
