Big Night Bloat
Bloating, constipation, diarrhea, and heartburn are all very disturbing symptoms that would ruin anybody’s plans for a night out on the town. .. maybe it all started with anxiety about the event which led to some poor food choices, a few extra cocktails, eating hurriedly, lack of sleep and so forth.
Don’t get me wrong…if you have fever, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain–consider a trip to the ER ASAP to rule out obstruction, appendicitis, or other serious malady . Otherwise, perhaps it’s time to take at look at one’s dietary habits. There are in fact foods that enhance gut function and others that impair it. Some foods can promote healing of the intestinal mucosa and others can set it on fire.
70% of our immune system is in our gut and when the gut is undefended, our bodies feel it. Increased permeability has been observed in several disorders and may be an effect and a mediator of disease
Restoring the integrity of the digestive ecosystem can have profound improvements on GI complaints as well as fatigue, myalgias, headache, skin disorders and more.
First, one should start an elimination diet for 1-2 weeks to assess the effect on digestive function. “Remove what harms and provide what heals”
Start digestive enzymes, probiotics and a trial of betaine on the elimination diet, probiotics after 7 days.
Attempt to identify the source of dysfunction—yeast overgrowth, small bowel bacterial overgrowth, parasites, hormonal imbalance, food allergies, Hpylori, etc
After a month on the elimination diet, start the repair phase by adding essential fatty acids,healing nutrients, and stress reduction.
Hopefully by incorporating these recommendations for digestive health, your social events will be worry free and fun to enjoy.
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