04/09/2024
📈 A 2021 study surveying 73,076 adults across 33 countries found that 40% of those surveyed had a functional gastrointestinal disorder (this includes all the variations of IBS, functional dyspepsia, functional constipation etc).
The report also noted that the inflammatory bowel diseases, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, have increased significantly across Europe in the last 30 years, especially in the United Kingdom and the Scandinavian countries 🤯
East Asian countries, including South Korea, Japan, and China, have also seen increases in gastrointestinal diseases as these countries continue to modernise, adopt Western dietary choices, and widely administer antibiotics...
People with inflammatory bowel disease are often found to have low levels of beneficial bacteria in their microbiomes as well as deficiencies in the metabolites produced by these bacteria, such as certain vitamins and gut supportive short-chain fatty acids like butyrate.
Toxic exposure to chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and other hazardous substances in our water and air may also be contributors to digestive diseases ⚠️ Your digestive system is among the first points of contact with these substances when you eat and drink.
The list goes on: inadequate nutrition in processed foods, high stress levels, traumatic experiences, even a lack of social support can all have a negative impact on gut health.
Support your gut with a diverse, nourishing diet and a high quality pre and probiotic.
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