The Gut and Our Overall Health

I call our gut the first brain because it impacts our entire body beyond just digesting food. Overwhelmingly, research indicates that gut health impacts overall health. The 9m length of our GI tract is a bustling ecosystem trillions of microorganisms call home that play roles in our body to keep things balanced and at homeostasis. An impressive volume of scientific research shows that gut health is key in maintaining proper immune, hormonal, neurological, endocrine, and metabolic function.

A gut microbiome imbalance, also known as dysbiosis, can negatively affect our metabolism, immune system and energy. A compromised, unsupported gut barrier, also known as Leaky Gut, can leak endotoxins that would ordinarily be processed and eliminated from the body into the bloodstream, triggering our immune system and leaving you feeling chronically fatigued and more susceptible to diseases, infection and inflammation which can prevent your body from functioning at optimal levels.

Any imbalance or impairment in the gut can also result in personal stress and life-altering symptoms like bloating, gas, indigestion, skin problems, poor bowel movements, stomach pain and unwanted shifts in weight or body composition.

Because of this, assessing GI health professionally with GI mapping and a nutritionist evaluation can help you get to the root cause of chronic illness, fatigue and stress.

About GI Mapping

The GI-MAP is an extremely valuable tool in understanding your personal health needs.

Analysing your gut health is often essential to uncovering the root cause of chronic, frustrating symptoms, and the sensitivity and validity of GI-MAP results are unparalleled. The GI-MAP (GI- Microbial Assay Plus) is unique in the field of comprehensive stool testing. It relies exclusively on quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) technology to detect parasites, bacteria, fungi, and more, by targeting the specific DNA of the organisms tested.

It is a simple, pain-free test that gives you a detailed report and understanding of what may be going on inside you, taking out any guesswork. This means we can treat any issues, not just the symptoms, for lifelong relief and comfort. Your test results will be interpreted and you will receive a tailored treatment plan, explained and provided to you by us here at Freshwater Nutrition. It’s an express route to longterm health and wellbeing.

What we test for:

• The ratios of good and bad bacteria in the bodyIBS/IBD

• SIBO (small intestinal bacteria overgrowth)

• Root causes of food sensitivities like gluten, dairy and more

• Pathogens (bacterial, parasitic, viral)

• Opportunistic bacteria: including parasites, worms, fungi and yeast

• Gut permeability (leaky gut)

• Sources of systemic inflammation

• Insight into hormone imbalances & detoxification pathways

• Auto-immune triggers

• Digestive capacity

• Antibiotic resistance genes

• SO much more!