Gut function and diabetes - It all starts in the gut!
Welcome back to Diabetes Buster.?Today, let’s look at how what goes on inside the gut affects diabetes risk.?
Gut or digestive function is a basic body system that profoundly influences diabetes risk because a healthy gut sets a strong foundation for the sustainable prevention and management of diabetes while a sick gut creates a pathway for diabetes and other chronic conditions to develop and worsen.
Probiotics and fiber
Probiotics and fiber are the two most important food components for maintaining a healthy gut.?Probiotics are considered friendly bacteria because they promote good health, they are obtained from fermented foods such as kimchi, kombucha tea, miso, and tempeh while fiber is found in unprocessed plant foods. ?
The interaction between fiber and friendly bacteria in the gut produces compounds known as short chain fatty acids which have been found to control inflammation throughout the body and improve insulin response, thereby controlling blood sugar sustainably.?
In order to maintain a high level of short-chain fatty acids, making unprocessed plant foods a substantial part of your diet and eating fermented foods on a continuous basis is strongly recommended.?A diet high in meat and processed foods and deficient in fermented foods and unprocessed plant foods leads to dangerously low levels of short-chain fatty acids, resulting in uncontrolled inflammation and insulin resistance, factors that cause and worsen diabetes.????
Here is what you can do to maintain a high level of short chain fatty acids in the body so that you can sustainably prevent, manage, or reverse diabetes.
Drink lots of water to maintain optimal hydration, it’s extremely important for facilitating the production of short-chain fatty acids.?Aim to drink 2 to 3 liters a day.??
Eat a wide selection of fermented foods continuously so as to maintain a high population of healthy bacteria in the gut.
Fill your plate with different unprocessed plant foods and try as much as possible to limit meat and processed foods.?Instead of making drastic changes that you might find difficult to adhere to, find a way to steadily reduce the amounts of meat and processed foods in your diet.
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Stay physically active; exercise has a positive impact on digestion.?
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In the next issue, we will continue to talk about gut health and diabetes.
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