2 Reasons Why Gut Health Matters: Weight Loss & Skin Health

🌟 Exciting Research 🌟

One of the most common questions people ask me is: Should I take a probiotic?

Probiotics are beneficial bacteria to populate the gut microbiome, and a general trend we see in research is that a more diverse microbiome (more variety of microorganisms) is associated with better health.

But a new study has found yet another way to improve the microbiome:

Weight loss!!!

Regardless of whether people followed intermittent fasting or calorie restriction, weight loss led to more diversity of the microbiome AND (another sign of better health) changes in DNA methylation.

Why am I so excited by this?

Because it shows how resilient the body is.

When we make changes in a positive direction toward health, our bodies benefit in ways we cannot even see and may never even know.

Still not convinced that gut health matters?

New research, published in Jama Dermatology, found significant differences in gut microbiome 🦠 profiles between people who had melanoma and who did not. There were also differences between those who had early and later stage disease.

Conventional healthcare likes to separate the skin from the gut from the brain etc., but evidence keeps piling up that all these things relate AND that the microbiome could very well be at the center of it all.

➡️ Whether we’re dealing with a skin issue, hormonal changes, or emotional concerns…one core strategy in naturopathic medicine is to help everyone optimize gut and microbiome health.

This study 👆 is just more confirmation of why.

Rachel Oppitz, ND