Let’s face it, sometimes we just don’t know our limits. A heavy, carb-loaded meal with a side of sugary treats may sound great but before you know it, you end up overeating. As a result, you get bloated, sluggish, and sleepy.

If you keep this habit going, you will grow bigger, heavier, overweight, and become more susceptible to medical conditions like sleep apnea and cardiac arrest.

Sure, you can always go to the gym. However, we should also face the fact that the gym is not exactly for everyone.

Some just don’t have the time, while some find the gym too intense. Exercising is great but the reality is, going to a gym is hard to maintain.

Fortunately, there are other ways to stay healthy without necessarily involving intense, sweaty, and muscle-tearing action. One of those is through a gut detox. Read on and learn why a lot of people have started doing this.

What is A Gut Detox?

A gut detox is, by the very nature of the word, the detoxification of your digestive system and its parts, particularly the stomach. This is the process of removing any harmful substances left in your stomach.

Naturally, your body can detoxify itself, thanks to a normal functioning digestive system. A primary example is how your liver filters and removes toxins from the body through enzymes and amino acids.

However, some proteins and toxins may still escape and enter the bloodstream. Consequently, they will stay in your body and bring adverse effects.

When you go through this type of detox, you are lining your intestines with an organic barrier called the gut epithelium.

This barrier detoxifies your body by ensuring that everything you ingested is carried all the way through the twists and turns of your intestines until they are ready to be expelled.

When all is normal and healthy, the gut epithelium should be able to detoxify your body efficiently. However, substances can still escape this barrier and cause you to contract a leaky gut or as it’s professionally called, intestinal permeability.

This condition can cause you great discomfort and affect your overall gut health. Leaky gut is tied to a number of conditions and diseases such as:

– Coeliac Disease
– Obesity
– Food Allergies
– Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
– Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
– Lupus
– Multiple Sclerosis
– Type 1 Diabetes
– Dysbiosis

Reasons to Go through A Gut Detox

A gut detox, also known as colon cleansing, can help you avoid diseases and boost the function of your liver and digestive system.

If you want to know why you should go through this purification process, below are 5 reasons why you might want to consider…
 
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