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Not only does a positive energy balance contribute to weight gain. Overweight or obesity may be the result of, for example, medical conditions drugs or abnormal bacterial microflora. How can we influence ourselves that the right strains are in our digestive tract bacteria?
Daily physical activity
Physical activity has been shown to be in the early stages of life affects the composition of the microbiome. The composition of the intestinal microflora in people with the youngest years are not at odds with sport, it favors both the better brain function as well as better metabolic activity throughout life. Has this translates into healthy overall, but also into body weight.
Diet
A diet rich in sugar, highly processed products, alcohol, as well as products that are not tolerated by the body, even if it does not bind high in calories, can contribute to weight gain. It creates the right environment for the colonization of harmful bacteria in the intestine. On the other hand menu based on the principles of rational eating, and therefore rich in whole grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, lean meats, have a positive effect on the microbe.
Of course, you should pay a lot of attention to any food allergies and intolerances – it is then necessary to eliminate harmful products for the body, otherwise multiply in the intestine there will be harmful bacteria.
The length and quality of sleep
Chronic fatigue and poor sleep quality can be associated with imbalance of the intestinal microflora. This was shown in a study published in in the journal Sleep Science in November last year. It turned out that people who are sleepy and tired have a worse composition of the intestinal microflora. It’s worth it so take care of the proper quality and duration of sleep and find at least a moment every day to relax.
Antibiotics
It has been shown that even a single dose of an antibiotic can change intestinal microflora for up to a year. Moreover, the administration of antibiotics affects increased expression of genes responsible for antibiotic resistance. Therefore, these drugs they should only be used in specific cases, and not routinely in each case cold. We should also remember that a lot of infections are caused by viruses, while Antibiotics do not destroy viruses, but bacteria – so it is advisable to kill them use only in the case of bacterial infections. In justified cases antibiotics are most helpful, but it is worth taking care of your health, before we get sick – prevention is the best way – so let’s include these in the diet products as:
- garlic and onion
- honey
- natural elderberry, raspberry and black currant syrups, acerola
- linden tea or purge
probiotics
If you are on a diet, you exercise regularly, test results (e.g. hormonal) are normal, and yet you cannot lose weight, use a probiotic. Probiotics are beneficial bacteria that will help restore the proper intestinal microflora. An example may be strains of lactobacilli (e.g. Lactobacillus Rhamnosus) the bifidobakterie (n.p. Bifidobacterium Bifidum).
The influence of the environment
The environment we live in has a big impact on the microbiome. It has been shown that in children who were exposed to lead, there were long-lasting changes in composition of the intestinal microflora, which increased the risk of obesity in age adults. Unfortunately in today times, it is difficult to avoid this type of threat. Lead compounds are released into the atmosphere and settle on the above-ground parts of plants, they also accumulate in animal organisms and pollute water. However, it is difficult to imagine today’s world without the automotive industry or the whole industry. But let’s try to spend free moments away from the hustle and bustle, in nature, in forests, on meadows, in the mountains, away from civilization, where lead pollution (i other heavy metals) is smaller.
Which bacteria colonize our intestines largely depends on us. Let’s take care of the correct composition of the intestinal microflora – this will translate not only into our body weight, but also, for example, into better immunity and better functioning of the body.