Tschiesche - Gut Health & Probiotics

Gut Health and Probiotics

The Science Behind the Hype

Jenny Tschiesche

First published in Great Britain in 2018 by

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Copyright Jenny Tschiesche, 2018

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Biography:

Jenny Tschiesche is one of the UKs leading nutrition experts and the founder of www.lunchboxdoctor.com , (a popular resource for parents and teachers who want to learn more about good health and nutrition.) She creates delicious recipes and health campaigns for big companies, including BBC Sport, Sport England, Cancer Research UK and The Realbuzz Group. Jenny regularly contributes to radio and television shows, such as Good Morning Britain and to newspapers and magazines like The Guardian, The Daily Mail, Prima and Top Sant. In addition to this new book on Gut Health and Probiotics, Jenny has created two recipe books. Both are being published in 2018. The first book is called SHEET PAN COOKING 101 recipes for simple and nutritious meals straight from the oven.

Brief Introduction:

A simplified explanation of probiotics, and what they can do for the human body, is long overdue. Despite the fact that people are now used to the term, they seem unsure whether probiotics occur naturally in a healthy human gut or biome, something that is added to yogurt or simply some sort of medicine. This book will take readers on a quest to understand what both probiotics and prebiotics can do for their long-term gut health and the effects this might have on just about every part of their bodies. Along the way, readers will discover how useful probiotics can be in both preventing and curing specific ailments. Theres also the chance to understand more about where you can find both prebiotics and probiotics and how they have been used traditionally for centuries.

by Cyndi OMeara- Australias Premier Nutritionist, author, speaker, educator and documentary maker

Nutrigenomics, epigenetics, microbiome, microbiota, GUT, zonulin, lactobacillus, bifidus, autoimmunity, antibiotic resistant, glyphosate, dysbiosis, leaky gut are words becoming common terms in nutrition and for people seeking health.

Ive been a nutritionist for over three decades, I graduated with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Nutrition from Deakin University, I studied anthropology and human anatomy at other universities and the only word in the above list that was uttered in my 6 years of science was GUT. Back then it was called the GIT.

We have a whole new language in nutrition and a plethora of information that is growing exponentially every year about the GUT, and there is a very good reason.

Over the past two decades GUT issues are on the rise, many people have been given diagnosis, suffering with bloating, constipation, diarrhea, coeliac disease, fructose malabsorption, leaky gut, intestinal permeability, Crohns disease, ulcerative colitis, SIBO (small intestinal bacteria overgrowth), fat malabsorption, indigestion and cancers of the alimentary canal. This is by no means a full list, but common words we now hear.

There has also been a steady rise in systemic diseases including heart disease, diabetes, cancer and autoimmunity. Autoimmunity is a blanket term including one hundred plus diseases most notably, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, lupus, hashimotos, graves, addisons, parkinsons and rheumatoid arthritis.

Hippocrates is the father of medicine, medical doctors take the Hippocratic oath on graduation. We know the words first do no harm. Hippocrates also said all disease begins in the GUT. These words were said over 2000 years ago but none are truer than what we know today.

Modern medicine has taken only part of what this great man had to say and has forgotten that the food we eat and GUT health are vital for health.

Until recently most patients went to their doctor, described their symptoms, were diagnosed with a condition or disease, and then treated with a medication and told that diet had nothing to do with their disease or symptoms. And just quietly I still hear that this is going on.

Lets just think about the first part of this statement for a minute. Its like saying the red light on the dash board of your motor vehicle, which indicates a problem, just needs a piece of cardboard over it to hide the indicator. Its like putting your head in the sand and not acknowledging that a symptom is an indicator to the body that something is wrong, and then dulling the symptom with a medication, lets explore the cause of the problem.

The second part of the statement is like saying that the petrol you put into a diesel car will not affect its performance. Well thats just plain silly! Of course it will. The food you put in your body affects every cell and its biochemistry, thus affecting every system and organ. Not only do we know that the food we eat can help us with energy and building blocks for the body but we now know that every food we consume affects our DNA. Food communicates with our DNA, our blueprint for life. It can turn on or off the messages that DNA gives the body in order to be healthy or sick, this is the wonderful new science of nutrigenomics.

A good friend of mine is a gastroenterologist and recently I asked him about his university days and what he was taught about food and the GUT. He told me he was taught to diagnose and treat diseases of the GUT, he was not given any information about how food affected the GUT and thus the health of an individual.

But times are changing; research is showing that the GUT has everything to do with not only physical health but also mental health.

Its all very well and good to understand the anatomy and physiology of the GUT but what is becoming a burgeoning science, is the ecology of the GUT.

The GUT has a group of residents, including; bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi and yeasts. These microbes are called the microbiota, their genetic makeup is ten times greater than the genetic makeup of the human they reside within. These bugs live symbiotically with us, helping us digest, fight off infection, make vitamins, amino acids, fats and much more. We cannot live without our microbiota. The health of your microbiota is important for your health.