Minster Chiropractic Center Shares Benefit of Vitamins to Gut Microbiome

Our bodies are hosts, hosts of our physical lives as well as of microbial life. They are linked together and survive on proper nutrition. Minster Chiropractic Center helps our Minster chiropractic patients navigate the world of gut nutrition as it is tied to physical and microbial life.

THE GUT MICROBIOME: Vitamins

The gut microbiome is critical in keeping physical health and in breeding disease. The diet is key. Fermentable fiber and other nutrients affect the composition of the gut microbiome and gastrointestinal health. Vitamins A and D are key vitamins as they regulate the gut immune response or act as a barrier to disease and thereby impact gastrointestinal health and the microbiome. Researchers found that vitamins assist 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 included in your Minster chiropractic treatment program!

THE GUT MICROBIOME: B Vitamins

Our bodies function together with microbial life to stay healthy and to cope with disease. The gut microbiota are reported to make hundreds of bioactive compounds including B-vitamins which can quash competitive microbial species’ growth. B vitamins are mostly absorbed from the small intestine though excess B is sent on to the distal gut as needed. New studies are considering 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 efficacy, supporters of the existence of certain bacterium, suppressors of pathogenic bacteria colonization, and colitis modulators. (2) Your Minster chiropractor knows nutrition, particularly how B vitamins are well valued by the body and its microbiota!

B VITAMINS IN GUT HEALTH & IMMUNITY & INFLAMMATION

Another interesting tie Minster Chiropractic Center wants to share is a link between the microbiota, immune cell activity, and inflammation. The gut-associated lymphoid tissue is described 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 with 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 discovering about inflammation, immunity, and the gut. This association to psychiatric issues is another topic of interest to Minster Chiropractic Center.

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

Make your Minster chiropractic appointment today. 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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