A healthy GUT boosts your Immune system

Your GI TRACT contains 70% of the lymphoid tissue (think lymph nodes) and immune cells in the body.

• Your gut microbiome (the bacteria that live in your gut) stimulates and works with your immune system.

• Your gut lining acts as a barrier, flushing pathogens out, so they don’t enter the rest of your body.

Keeping your gut healthy will keep your immune system healthy.

• How to eat to keep your gut microbiome and gut healthy: Eat pre and probiotics and fiber

PREBIOTICS are the food/fertilizer for the bacteria in your gut.

- Onions, leeks, asparagus, bananas, beans

PROBIOTICS contain bacteria to populate your gut.

- Cultured yogurt, some cheeses, kefir, kimchi, lassi, miso, pickles, sauerkraut

(**Look for "live and active cultures", "cultured", "unpasteurized" on food labels to make sure these food products actually contain probiotics)

FIBER - this is also food for the gut microbiome

-Fruits and vegetables, legumes, whole grains