Back And Neck Care Center Shares Benefit of Vitamins to Gut Microbiome

Our bodies are hosts, hosts of our physical bodies as well as of microbial life. They are linked together and live on proper nutrition. Back And Neck Care Center helps our Severna Park chiropractic patients navigate the world of gut nutrition as it is involved in physical and microbial life.

THE GUT MICROBIOME: Vitamins

The gut microbiome is important in maintaining physical health and in propagating disease. The diet is key. Fermentable fiber and other nutrients play a role in the composition of the gut microbiome and gastrointestinal health. Vitamins A and D are prime vitamins as they regulate the gut immune response or act as a barrier to disease and thereby impact gastrointestinal health and the microbiome. Researchers report that vitamins help the gut microbiome by increasing the number of acknowledged commensals (A, B2, B3, C, K, beta carotene), microbial diversity (A, B2, B3, C, K) and richness (D), short chain fatty acid production (C), and the abundance of short chain fatty acid producers (B2, E). (1) Making a quality multi-supplement part of your everyday routine is so important to be added to your Severna Park chiropractic treatment plan!

THE GUT MICROBIOME: B Vitamins

Our bodies function together with microbial life to maintain health and to cope with disease. The gut microbiota are said to produce hundreds of bioactive compounds including B-vitamins which can suppress competitive microbial species’ growth. B vitamins are mostly absorbed from the small intestine though excess B is sent on to the distal gut as required. Recent studies are exploring the other roles B vitamins seem to take on there: nutrients for both the host and the microbiota, regulators of immune cell activity, mediators of drug effectiveness, supporters of the existence of certain bacterium, suppressors of pathogenic bacteria colonization, and colitis modulators. (2) Your Severna Park chiropractor knows nutrition, especially how B vitamins are well appreciated by the body and its microbiota!

B VITAMINS IN GUT HEALTH & IMMUNITY & INFLAMMATION

Another interesting tie Back And Neck Care Center wants to share is a tie between the microbiota, immune cell activity, and inflammation. The gut-associated lymphoid tissue is explained as the biggest immunity organ in the human body. Disturbances to the gut microbiome may lead to enhanced gut permeability and trigger systemic inflammation as well as issues with the central nervous system. Proinflammatory cytokines (via the kynurenine pathway’s enzymes creating neuroactive metabolites – another topic for another time!) are linked to several psychiatric disorders (bipolar, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, autism, depression, alcoholism). Probiotics which can affect proinflammatory cytokines are potentially toxicity reducing of the kynurenine-associated metabolites. (3) There is so much we are finding out about inflammation, immunity, and the gut. This association to psychiatric issues is another topic of interest to Back And Neck Care Center.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the possible benefit of nutrition for immune support.

Schedule your Severna Park chiropractic appointment now. Combining nutrition with gentle chiropractic treatment via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management is a great approach to taking care of your body!

 
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