Why does the digestive system's superhero team go haywire?

Why does the digestive system's superhero team go haywire?

Find the root cause! 🥺

In the last episode, we learned that our digestive system is a complex, intelligent, and awesome 'superhero team'—the one that turns your food into energy.
Every member of this team, from mouth to anus, is very important.
But sometimes this team goes haywire, right? 🤯
Heartburn, gas, bloating, constipation, or a sudden rush to the bathroom. Why do they happen?
In fact, when you give this "intelligent system" inside your stomach some wrong signals or damage, it rebels.
Let's find out the "root cause" or the main source of the problem of this rebellion today!
📙🔎 Root Cause 1: Wrong Diet and Fuel Selection! (Direct Hit on Team A and B)👇
How you 'fuel' your superhero team is the real deal!
🔹Excessive 'processed' and 'junk food': Lots of sugar, oil, fat, and artificial ingredients - these force our supporting organs (liver, gallbladder, pancreas) to work overtime. They get tired of supplying enzymes.
🔹Low fiber: Fiber is the main function of your large intestine, to smoothly remove waste. Eating less fiber will cause constipation, and the entire system will slow down.
🔹Poor hydration: Water is an essential 'lubricant' for the digestive process, enzyme production, and peristalsis (the wave motion of moving food). Without it, the 'secret tunnel' will get jammed.
🔹Excess caffeine/alcohol/smoking: These disrupt the acid balance of the stomach and weaken the esophageal ring (sphincter), opening the way for acid reflux (GERD).
📙🔎 Root Cause 2: Gut Microbiome's 'Friendly Force' Destroyed! (Team C's Destruction)👇
When the trillion trillion 'beneficial assistants' (Gut Microbiota) in your stomach are disrupted, there is a big danger!
🔸' Side Effects' of Antibiotics: Life-giving antibiotics destroy the beneficial friends of your stomach along with the enemies, resulting in weakened digestion and immunity (GALT).
🔸' Food for Good Bacteria's Low': Eating less probiotics (beneficial bacteria) and prebiotics (their food - fibrous foods) makes the environment inside the stomach toxic, causing gas and bloating.
🔸Infection: Bad bacteria like H. pylori cause damage to the mucosal lining of the stomach and ulcers, which directly damage major organs.
📙🔎 Root Cause 3: The stomach's 'second brain' is tense! (Disruptions in the ENS and Axis)
Your stomach and brain are in constant communication with each other (Liver–Gut–Brain Axis)!
🔸Chronic Stress: Excessive stress can make your 'second brain' (Enteric Nervous System - ENS) out of control. As a result, digestion can sometimes be too fast (diarrhea) or too slow (constipation). The result is IBS 🥺
🔸Poor Sleep: Insufficient sleep disrupts the rhythm of digestive hormones (Hormones & Neurotransmitters). When your body is not rested, the digestive process cannot function properly.
📙🔎 Root Cause 4: Other parts of the system are weak! (Link to other diseases) 👇
Sometimes digestive problems can be a symptom of another disease:
🔸Food intolerance: The intestines cannot absorb certain ingredients like lactose or gluten properly due to a lack of digestive enzymes, resulting in problems like gas, bloating, or IBS.
🔸Other diseases of the body: Diseases like diabetes or thyroid can also affect the speed of digestion, which hinders the performance of the superhero team.
📙🔎 Root Cause 5: Problems in the internal mechanism (mechanical malfunction of Team A and B)👇
Many times, problems occur not because of a wrong lifestyle, but because of a malfunction in the delicate mechanism or equipment inside the digestive system.
🔎 Low acid or enzyme production
🔸(Hypochlorhydria & Enzyme Deficiency): With age or for some health reasons, the stomach does not produce enough hydrochloric acid (HCl) or enzymes (such as pepsin).
🔸Consequences: When acid is low, food is not completely broken down, especially protein. This reduces nutrient absorption, and undigested food reaches the small intestine, causing gas and bloating.
🔎Bile Deficiency: If there is a problem with the functioning of the liver or gallbladder, the bile needed to digest fats does not reach the small intestine properly.
🔸Consequences: Fatty foods are difficult to digest, stools become pale, and absorption of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K) is impaired.
🔎 Leaky Gut Syndrome: This is a serious problem. When the mucous layer or protective wall of the intestine is damaged and holes are formed, undigested food particles, toxins, and germs easily enter the bloodstream.
🔸Consequences: This leads to increased inflammation in the body, allergies, and various autoimmune diseases (such as Crohn's disease).
🔎SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth): When bacteria that are normally found in the large intestine grow abnormally in the small intestine, it is called SIBO.
🔸Result: These excess bacteria ferment food in the nutrient-absorbing part of the small intestine and produce large amounts of gas, which results in severe bloating, gas, and pain.
📙🔎 Root Cause 6: Effects of drugs and chemicals 👇
Unknowingly, we take many drugs, which directly disrupt the balance of our digestive system.
🔎Painkillers (NSAIDs): Common painkillers like ibuprofen or aspirin reduce the protective ability of the mucous layer inside the stomach.
🔸Consequences: The stomach cannot protect itself from its own acid, increasing the risk of ulcers or gastritis.
🔎Long-term use of antacids and PPIs: Taking antacids or acid-blocking drugs (such as PPIs) for a long time to reduce heartburn artificially reduces stomach acid.
🔸Consequences: Due to low acid, nutrient absorption (especially vitamin B12 and minerals) is reduced, and harmful bacteria can easily multiply.
🔎Toxin and hormone balance problems: Consuming pesticide-laden foods or synthetic hormones (such as birth control pills) increases the workload on the liver.
🔸Consequences: The liver's detoxification process is disrupted, which indirectly affects bile production and overall digestion.
✨🌿 Last and main message 💞
Not quick relief, want permanent healing!
Your digestive system is like a car engine! You don't just need to oil it, you need to take regular servicing (proper food, water, rest) and care.
⚠️ Remember: Temporary medicine may give you 'quick relief', but for long-term well-being, you need to find a 'permanent cure by repairing and maintaining this broken ecosystem'.
Because, "If the stomach is right, health and mind are right; if health and mind are right, life and the world are right!" 🤩🌿
Share and let other friends know what great work is going on inside their stomach and why they are getting sick! 💖