Rethink your relationship with your gut

April 8 is National Bloating Prevention Day, created to bring awareness to living with a healthy gut microbiome, the importance of digestive health and how to prevent bloating.

Do you often have inexplicable bloating that is uncomfortable or bothersome? You aren’t alone. Sweeping research in the medical community points to the fact that a healthy body and microbiome begin in the gut. Keeping bloating at bay is possible by using an all-natural supplement. Gut health has a huge impact on our lives, and it is recommended to eat foods that help support your gut health, which is full of polyphenols, prebiotics, and postbiotics.

Bloating Prevention Day has been created to bring awareness and educate on the importance of digestive health. One of the most frequent causes of bloating is when bacteria grow or overgrow in the wrong part of the intestinal tract (the wrong part is the small intestine). When you eat certain foods, those bacteria that are growing in the wrong spot begin to break down your food before you can, causing gas, bloating, pressure, change in bowel habits, discomfort, and ultimately inflammation. Your gut health impacts every aspect of your life making bloating prevention a far deeper topic to delve into.

 This day is the ideal opportunity to design your bloating-free plan, step by step, to get your gut health back on track. Break your goals down into easy to do steps. Look for natural solutions to keep bloating at bay, while strengthening the microbiome. Studies have shown that taking three natural ingredients, packed with polyphenols; peppermint extract, quebracho extract and horse chestnut extract daily can help to reduce bloating, abdominal discomfort and restore healthy bowel movements while feeding the gut microbiome. Together the ingredients work symbiotically with peppermint going to work to calm down the reactive area, the quebracho weakens the bacteria causing the gas and works like a sponge to “soak up” all the gas produced by the bacteria and the third ingredient, horse chestnut targets and shuts down the enzyme that produces gas.

"Bloating is not normal, nor safe,” stresses Dr. Kenneth Brown, renowned Dallas gastroenterologist and The Gut Check Project podcast host. “It can be a precursor to triggering an epigenetic switch for dementia, brain fog and autoimmune diseases. National Bloating Prevention Day is the ideal time to design your bloating-free plan, step by step, to get your gut health back on track. We want to encourage people to take small steps toward better digestive health, including researching natural solutions," said Dr. Brown.

 Use these steps as a guide to start your journey of learning how to rid your intestines of harmful gas-producing bacteria while not disrupting the production of helpful bacteria necessary for a balanced microbiome:

  • Eat the right foods that are packed with polyphenols, food that is packed with antioxidants (include fresh fruit and vegetables, nuts and seeds, cold-water fish like mackerel and salmon, whole grains, healthy oils and fats (olives, avocado, flax seeds, peanut butter), herbs

  • Take care of your skin - polyphenols have been proven to help improve the appearance of not only wrinkles but age spots as well

  • Take care of your mouth

  • Move your body

  • Make time to do the things you love

  • Get some hobbies

  • Rest up

  • Drink lots of water

  • Be gentle with yourself

  • Keep your gut healthy

 #BloatingPreventionDay #April8 #BloatingRelief #guthealth #microbiome #BeatBloatingNaturally #PowerofPolyphenols #i8formyguthealthonapril8
To learn more, visit National Bloating Prevention Day and bloatingprevention.com.