08/06/2025
Lots of you count your macros, you eat clean, you fill your plate with colorful vegetables, proteins, and healthy fats. But the real question isn’t just what you eat it’s how well your body absorbs it. In today’s world there’s a tendency to focus on the input, without enough attention to the processing system. And that gap can make all the difference.
It’s easy to assume that eating a nutritious meal means your body gets all its benefits. But digestion is a complex system and it can quietly fail us. How you eat matters. Are you chewing your food thoroughly? Eating slowly enough to trigger proper enzymatic response? When we rush meals or eat under stress, we short circuit key digestive phases, like saliva enzymes breaking down starches or stomach acid activating protein digestion.
Your stress levels play a huge role. Chronic stress shifts your body into fight-or-flight mode, which suppresses digestive secretions. Even the best food can pass through under absorbed if your system is too stressed to digest it properly.
Digestive enzymes and stomach acid are critical. Without enough stomach acid, something surprisingly common, protein digestion is impaired, mineral absorption drops, and harmful bacteria may go unchecked. Many people unknowingly suffer from low stomach acid and blame their issues on “too much acid” instead.
The microbiome is another critical player. These trillions of bacteria in your gut help digest fiber, produce vitamins like B12 and K2, and regulate immunity and inflammation. But this microbial community is sensitive and can be disrupted by everyday products and habits.
Modern life bombards the microbiome with challenges. Antibacterial toothpaste, cleaning chemicals, dishwasher tablet residue, and processed foods can all harm the gut ecosystem. Alcohol and stress weaken it. Medications like antibiotics, acid blockers, NSAIDs, and even antidepressants can reshape or deplete bacterial populations. There’s also growing discussion about how COVID vaccines have influenced gut health,
Another emerging concern is the wave of weight loss medications and jabs . These drugs are helping people shed large amounts of weight but often by sharply suppressing appetite. When people eat far less, the question becomes: are they still getting essential nutrients? There’s a real risk of deficiencies, particularly in protein, B vitamins, iron, and other key nutrients. Muscle loss is another concern, especially without resistance training and proper protein intake. Digestive side effects like nausea and constipation can further impair nutrient absorption….if you have decided to have the jabs it’s definitely worth booking in to see what’s happening in terms of nutrition buying a crappy multi vitamin will not be providing you with the nutrients you need
Low nutrition isn’t always obvious. It often shows up subtly and slowly. Premature skin aging, hormonal issues, thinning hair, brittle nails, gum recession, cracked teeth, brain fog, fatigue, poor sleep, low immunity, and muscle loss, these are all signs of your body not getting (or not absorbing) what it needs. Over time, they become normalised, blamed on aging or stress.
To truly nourish your body, you have to look beyond what’s on the plate.
You can eat the healthiest diet in the world, but if your body isn’t breaking it down and absorbing it properly, it’s not doing you much good. True nutrition is about more than eating well it’s about your body’s ability to receive and use what you give it….
And seriously guys if the weight loss injections are your thing please please support your body and make sure it’s getting what it needs … because whilst the scales shoot down.. long term nutrition deficiencies will mean all body systems may suffer … get booked in let’s see…
Right it’s Sunday morning we have out Super Cleanse welcome meeting at 8:30….
We can’t wait to get everyone started!!! The boxes look incredible!!
We have 14 kits left so will be running another smaller cleanse at the end of the month …pop in the comments if you are interested as the places are very limited
It’s also worth noting that I’m at Glastonbury from the 25th and then away for 3 weeks in Thailand for most of July… so get organised if you need to see me or get your top ups of supplements etc
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