Discover how to avoid gastrointestinal diseases

• April 19, 2024

One of the keys to have a good digestion and avoid gastrointestinal diseases , as gastritis , colitis Y irritable bowel syndrome , is to protect our intestinal flora.

For this, it is essential to know what the intestinal microbiota , which refers to all the microorganisms that live along the gastrointestinal tract and is formed by around a thousand different species.

Currently about 20 thousand different functions of the intestinal microbiota Among which include the formation of some vitamins, the digestion of nutrients and be a barrier of protection against harmful bacteria.

In an interview for GetQoralHealth , Guadalupe Herrera , Manager of Nutrition and Health, Research and Development at the Danone Institute, points out that the gut microbiota used to build defenses in our body can be found in fermented products such as yogurt and ripened cheeses:

"Another key to protect our intestinal flora is not to have an obsession to be totally clean; wash your hands every 30 minutes, etc. Yes you have to be hygienic, but wanting to have everything clean is not ideal; our body is capable of self-healing ".

According to Herrera, another advice is to stop abusing the antibiotics some dairy product every day; If we protect our intestinal microbiota, other gastrointestinal diseases can develop, such as diarrhea , inflammation and indigestion .

In fact, about 70% of our immune cells are found in the intestines; thus, the microbiota and the intestinal immune system work together to inhibit the growth of pathogens:

"To tell the truth, the composition analysis of the intestinal microbiota , could help us to improve the understanding of diseases such as obesity , metabolic syndrome , food intolerances, the colitis ulcerative, among others. "

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