How Gut Inflammation Impacts Your Entire Body
Chronic inflammation in your gut resulting from food sensitivities can occur when you are not able to properly breakdown and digest a food due to varies reasons. Persistent exposure to that food, prevents your gut from calming down and healing on it’s own and this allows the inflammation to become chronic. We call that a food sensitivity. Because you’re not able to digest the food properly, it can lead to scarring of the gut, and that can eventually lead to a whole host of health issues.
For some people, these symptoms are mild where you may be able to ignore them (like being low on energy and drinking coffee or energy drinks to wake up), but for many others the symptoms can be major, showing up as symptoms that you wouldn’t expect, and become worse if the sensitivity isn’t treated.
Want to know what the effects of food sensitivities and gut inflammation can look like?
Here’s a quick run down of what studies have shown.
Digestive disorders like constipation, diarrhea, gas, and abdominal pain
Emotional struggles like depression, anxiety, and brain fog
General malaise where you are always feeling lousy, fatigue, insomnia, and restlessness
Skin problems like eczema, itchy skin, and psoriasis
Nasal & sinus issues such constant stuffy or runny nose, sneezing, post nasal drip
Weight management troubles like trouble losing or gaining weight, water retention, food cravings
And aching and stiffness in your muscles and joints
In fact, gut inflammation caused by food sensitivities has been associated with over 35 different health conditions, and new studies keep finding more it seems like all the time.
And that’s really one of the big hang-ups that many people have. When they hear talk of gut health and inflammation, they automatically assume it’s only for people with stomach problems when that’s just not the case. The benefits of healing your gut goes far beyond that. For example, some individuals have reported treating seasonal allergies as a result of focusing on their gut health.