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Don’t Be Fooled By These 5 Gut Health Myths

Even smart people can be duped into believing myths about gut health. Here are seven of the most common misunderstandings about the GI tract that I’ve encountered during my years of practice.

1. Many people believe that gut problems are primarily caused by food. Nothing can be further from the truth. I’ve seen many clients who have terrible diets and excellent gut health. I’ve also seen people with amazingly healthy diets who have terrible gut problems.

For many clients, a high-stress lifestyle overrides a healthy diet. If you’re unhappy in life, I don’t care what kind of food you eat; you need to get things sorted.

2. Eating clean doesn’t guarantee good gut health. I’ve seen people eat incredibly clean and yet continue to have gut problems. Eating clean sometimes involve being extremely rigid about food choices. My point is that limiting yourself to four types of quinoa, three types of legumes, and two types of green drinks is often not the answer. A diverse diet that isn’t sterile helps generate a diverse gut flora.

You don’t need to eat super clean to have super good gut health. In fact, ou need bacteria to keep your gut in good shape,

3. Carbohydrates are not the demons they are made out to be. With the ketogenic diet being the rage right now, many people are eating more protein and fat at the expense of healthy carbs. The common symptom I’ve seen in my ketogenic clients is fatigue. Once you take bananas, most fruits, many vegetables, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and whole grains out of your diet, your fiber intake plummets.

Of course, there is no harm in avoiding carbs like white bread, candy, and French fries. But sweet potatoes are a darn good food.

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4. Many people claim that the ketogenic diet is the best way to lose weight. I strongly beg to differ. You don’t need a ketogenic diet to lose weight; you need common sense. Eat the right kind of food and avoid the wrong kind.

I had many clients over the year who lost weight and kept it off by changing their diet and their lifestyle. With time, their gut improved so much, it finally starting to give them the right signals. The donut in the office kitchen no longer tempted them.

5. Writing off supplements as a waste of time is a mistake. I hear people say “food cures all,” and “food is medicine, medicine is food.’ Yet, when your gut is in a terrible place, sometimes supplements make all the difference in the world. I’ve had many clients who tried to get better by following a healthy diet. They weren’t able to achieve gut health until they incorporated an antimicrobial like CanXida Remove into their supplement regime.

Once they cleaned up the bad bacteria, they added some probiotics and enzymes into the mix, and that kick-started their gut back to health. CanXida Restore is a very effective mix of probiotics and digestive enzymes.

Following a healthy diet is essential for the long-term. But sometimes you need some short-term help from supplements.

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Using CanXida Restore to Manage Digestive Enzyme Deficiency

“Can enzyme deficiency cause weight gain?”

Experts have discovered that your level of digestive enzymes goes down as you get older. Your pancreas and stomach simply don’t make as much.

I read a fascinating 2003 study out of Sweden that demonstrated the decline in pancreatic protease that happens as we get older. What that means is that it is harder to break down protein properly as you get older. The solutions are to eat less meat as you get old and to take digestive enzymes. In my experience, digestive enzyme supplements make a world of difference. The enzymes can address the fatigue, slower metabolic rate, and weight gain that occurs with age.

Enzymes are like sparks. You need that spark to get the combustion engine (your metabolism) going. If you don’t have a spark, your body isn’t going to perform optimally.

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No matter how good your diet is, if you have low levels of digestive enzymes, you can’t access the nutrients in the food you’re eating. Instead, the food in your gut is left only partially digested, leading to gas, bloating, and constipation. You could end up with undigested food stuck in your colon.

How can you tell if your digestive enzymes are in working order? Well, are you moving your bowels every day? If you have a healthy appetite, if you’re maintaining an appropriate weight, and if you have a good, solid bowel motion every day, chances are your digestive enzymes are in working order.

If you are feeling sluggish, gaining weight, and experiencing GI symptoms like gas and bloating, a trial of digestive enzymes might make sense. Check with your doctor first to make sure there isn’t anything serious going on. But once you get the green light, digestive enzymes can increase your vitality by improving your absorption of nutrients from the foods you eat.

If your enzyme output drops off as you get old, you also are sitting duck for cancer, particularly colon cancer. Lack of proteases means you’ve got putrefied protein sitting in the gut and that can turn into a big issue for you.

As you get older, I recommend eating less meat and switching to lighter proteins like fish. If you have low levels of digestive enzymes and eat a substantial amount of meat, you’ll not only gain weight but increase your risk of colon cancer.

CanXida Restore is a probiotic and digestive enzymes formula that I created. It can help address the digestive enzyme deficiencies that come with age. Check it out.

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