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Digestive Enzymes, pH, Leaky Gut, and My Health

While the course began on May 6th, you will still have access to all the past material once you purchase the course. You will have videos and other material accessible in your Course Portfolio.

Our intestines do so much important work they need to get the fed properly. After your heart they use the most energy in your body! They prepare your important life-giving nutrients to be absorbed into your body so that your nerves, hormones, and all the biochemical communications taking place in the body can work properly. When your body does not have the protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals it needs, you get imbalances and symptoms which leads to disease.

Elimination is very important as the intestines are constantly breaking down harmful chemicals that can cause cancer and diseases and then remove them from the body.

What you eat has a direct impact on how well the gastrointestinal system can do its job.

Problems in the G.I. tract
Constipation, pain, gas, bloating and diseases like IBS or Crohn’s are all problems within our digestive system. We will look at how what we eat affects pH, bacteria, infections, gas production, bowel movements, and show the connections to diseases in the GI.

Digestive Enzymes, The Immune System and Food Sensitivities
A large amount of your body’s immune system is in your gastrointestinal tract. The whole body can be affected by the way you eat and how you take care of the GI tract. When we do not have the digestive enzymes we need, we can get many GI symptoms and food sensitivities, and large particles of food can cause an auto immune response. We will review how we can best take care of your immune system GI tract.

What is a leaky gut?
Our gut is brilliant; it knows how to absorb the important nutrients we need while keeping negative bacteria, viruses, parasites toxins out of the body. If our food does not digest or gets negative pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungus, yeast, etc.) the digestive tract can become inflamed. Within the walls of the intestines are “tight junctions” which are the gate keepers where absorption of important nutrients takes place, while the trash is eliminated and kept out of the body. However, when inflammation takes place, the junctions become “loose” and allow toxic materials and microbes out. We will discuss supplements, herbs and diets that can help prevent and heal leaky gut.

Intestine-Autoimmune connection
There are many research studies which link microbes to autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, Lupus and many others. We will examine the research and discuss testing you can get to show if you might have a condition known as dysbiosis, an imbalance between the types of microbes in the gut. Many symptoms and disease may be caused by dysbiosis, and we will discuss herbs and changes to your diet which will address this condition.

About Dr. Lynn Lafferty

Lynn Lafferty, Pharm.D., ND, CNC, DACBN is a doctor of Pharmacy and licensed pharmacist, Naturopathic Doctor, Diplomate from the American Clinical Board of Nutrition, master herbalist, and chef who is committed to finding the safest and most effective means to promote health and wellness over disease and illness.

Dr. Lynn is an Endowed Professor and  Assistant Clinical Professor in the Nova Southeastern University  College of Pharmacy and has Functional Clinical Nutrition and Herbal Therapy practice in the Nova Southeastern University Clinic Pharmacy.

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