How Healthy is Your Gut?

Your gut is the foundation to your health. Is your gut health giving you the best vitality and energy you deserve?

How many times are you bothered by bloating? *

Less than once a month

1-3 times a month with little discomfort

1-2 times a week feeling like a beach ball

3 or more times a week feeling bloated and discomfort

Bloating is a symptom that the gut is unhappy and can be caused by a number of gut issues. Here are some examples: Poor digestion and low digestive enzymes. Low stomach acid. Slow transit time of food going through the gut. Food sensitivities. Small intestinal bacteria overgrowth. Irritable bowel syndrome. Dysbiosis- imbalance of good and bad bacteria. Liver and gallbladder issues. Parasites and gut infections. Candida overgrowth.

How Healthy is Your Gut?

Your gut is the foundation to your health. Is your gut health giving you the best vitality and energy you deserve?

Do you take regular medication or over-the- counter medication? (including the contraceptive pill). *

Yes

Many medications interfer with your gut health. They can have an impact on digestive enzymes, microbiome health, gut transit time and gut wall integrity to just name a few.

How Healthy is Your Gut?

Your gut is the foundation to your health. Is your gut health giving you the best vitality and energy you deserve?

How many different plant foods to eat each week? (includes vegetables, fruits, wholegrains, legumes, nuts and seeds. Herbs & spices count as a 1/4) *

Fewer than 10: Vegetables are not my thing.

10-19: I add them in here and there

20-29: Do well getting lots of plant food daily.

30 plus: Im a plant food lover- can't get enough.

Different types of plant foods have different make up of fibres and constituents. These compounds not only bring a lot of nutrients and antioxidants to the body but it also brings nutrients to feed the different bacteria in the microbiome. We have 1000's of different beneficial bacteria in the gut and they require their own indiviual dietary needs that they can only get from a diverse plant food diet.

How Healthy is Your Gut?

Your gut is the foundation to your health. Is your gut health giving you the best vitality and energy you deserve?

Do you experience heart burn or reflux symptoms? *

Less than once a month

1-3 times a month- a little discomfort

1-2 times a week- burning senation but can recover easily.

3 or more times a week- feel that burn.

Experiencing reflux or heart burn indicates that there is dysfunction occuring in the stomach. Usually this means that digestion isnt optimal and food isnt being processed properly in the gut.

How Healthy is Your Gut?

Your gut is the foundation to your health. Is your gut health giving you the best vitality and energy you deserve?

How often to you have a bowel motion? *

1-3 times a day

Every second day

2-3 times a week

1 or less times a week

For great gut and overall health and well-being, its ideal to have a bowel motion at least once a day. Any less than this the body then starts reabsorbing toxins, hormones and detrimental compounds back into the body. It also can create inflammtion and damage in the gut.

How Healthy is Your Gut?

Your gut is the foundation to your health. Is your gut health giving you the best vitality and energy you deserve?

Do you experience constipation? *

Less than once a month

1-3 times a month- a little struggle to get it moving

1-2 times a week

3 or more times a week. Constipation is your normal.

How Healthy is Your Gut?

Your gut is the foundation to your health. Is your gut health giving you the best vitality and energy you deserve?

Do you experience loose stools or diarrhea? *

Less than once a month

1-3 times a month

1-2 times a week

3 or more times a week

How Healthy is Your Gut?

Your gut is the foundation to your health. Is your gut health giving you the best vitality and energy you deserve?

Can you digest fatty foods with ease, without nausea and heaviness in the stomach? *

No problems at all

You are OK most of them time and maybe once a month you can feel a bit queasy.

Every week you feel nausea after eating high fat food.

You cant even look at fatty foods, the thought of it makes your stomach churn and you feel unwell for hours.

Digesting fats in the diet is an important aspect of optimal nutrition. We need some fats int he diet especially the good kind. When we struggle with digesting fats it can indicate there can by dysfunction and deficiency in the digestive enzymes and can mean the liver and gall bladder aren't function optimally.

How Healthy is Your Gut?

Your gut is the foundation to your health. Is your gut health giving you the best vitality and energy you deserve?

In the mornings how is your appetite? *

Absolutely ravenous.

Good, looking forward to eating breakfast.

Meh?! Could take it or leave it.

Blah. The thought of eating makes you feel sick. It takes your gut hours to settle before you can even handle the sight of food.

Nausea and a lack of appetite in the morning can indicate very sluggish digestion and that the gut is still recovering from the day before. Things like liver dysfunction, parasites, low digestive enzymes can all play a role in making the gut sluggish.

How Healthy is Your Gut?

Your gut is the foundation to your health. Is your gut health giving you the best vitality and energy you deserve?

How often do you experience flatulence? *

A few times a week.

Most days.

All day, every day.

Producing gas is a very natural and normal process of the gastrointestinal system. Its when its happening all day long, causing discomfort and you can clear a room within minutes thats when it could indicate something more dysfunctional is going on.

How Healthy is Your Gut?

Your gut is the foundation to your health. Is your gut health giving you the best vitality and energy you deserve?

Do you experience any skin issues? *

Your skin is clear and glowing

At times can have skin issues, like acne, rosacea, redness or dermatitis.

Skin is always breaking out, or glowing red with inflammation.

Skin health reflects whats going on in the inside. Different skin conditions can indicate parasites, dysbiosis, imbalance in the microbiome, leaky gut issues, candida issues, to just name a few issues.

How Healthy is Your Gut?

Your gut is the foundation to your health. Is your gut health giving you the best vitality and energy you deserve?

Are you avoiding any plant food groups because of a suspected or diagnosed food intolerance? *

Yes

Generally when the gut is not working optimally you can develope food sensitivities. Its not really the foods fault but more the diminished capacity for the body and the gut to digest these foods. By supporting digestion and gut health can help rectify food sensitivities, reduce bloating and decrease inflammation in the body.

How Healthy is Your Gut?

Your gut is the foundation to your health. Is your gut health giving you the best vitality and energy you deserve?

How often are you unwell with colds or flus? *

3 or less times a year

Once every few months

Every few weeks you have a cold or flu.

The immune system is interacting with the gut and the microbiome continously. Supporting gut health and a robost microbiome helps build immune resilience to combat infections.

How Healthy is Your Gut?

Your gut is the foundation to your health. Is your gut health giving you the best vitality and energy you deserve?

In an average week, what is your emotional state? *

Happy

Neutral

Mostly Unhappy

Gut health can be directly linked to mood and how you feel each day. Most of our happy hormone seratonin is produced in the gut. A unblanaced gut can create inflammation for the body and the brain which can have a profound affect on mood.

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