May 23, 2024
In today’s fast-paced world, maintaining good health can often feel like a complex puzzle. Yet, the key to unlocking optimal wellness might be simpler than you think: it all begins in the gut. The gut, often referred to as the “second brain,” plays a crucial role in our overall health, influencing everything from our immune system to our mental well-being.
In this blog, we will explore the incredible benefits of a healthy gut, delve into the importance of probiotics, and share a delicious probiotic yogurt recipe that you can make at home. Whether you’re looking to boost your energy, improve digestion, or enhance your mood, understanding and nurturing your gut health is the first step towards a healthier, happier you.
First, what is your gut?
The gut refers to your gastrointestinal (GI) system, or GI tract, which includes the mouth, throat, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus. It also includes the salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas, which make digestive juices and enzymes that help the body with digestion.
Your gut microbiome is inside your intestines. It is an ecosystem containing trillions of microscopic organisms which include over a thousand species of bacteria, as well as viruses, fungi and parasites. Infants inherit their first gut microbes during vaginal delivery or breastfeeding. Later, your diet and other environmental exposures introduce new microbes to your biome. Some of these exposures can also harm and diminish your gut microbiota.(1)
Most of the microorganisms in your gut have a symbiotic relationship with you, their host. You provide them with food and shelter, and they provide important functions for your health. These helpful microbes also help to keep potentially harmful ones in check.(1)
Your gut microbiome:
Common Health Symptoms of an Unhealthy Gut
An unhealthy gut can manifest in a variety of ways, often impacting not just digestion but overall well-being. Recognizing the signs of gut imbalance is the first step towards restoring your health. Here are some common symptoms that might indicate your gut needs attention:
Digestive Issues
Unintentional Weight Changes
Sleep Disturbances
Chronic Fatigue
Skin Irritations
Food Intolerances
Autoimmune Conditions
Mental Health Issues
Frequent Infections
Bad Breath
If you recognize these symptoms, it may be time to focus on improving your gut health through dietary changes and supplementation of probiotics.
Probiotics
The term probiotic is derived from the Greek language meaning “for life.” (2) Probiotics are live bacteria that line your digestive tract. They help support your body’s ability to absorb nutrients and fight off pathogens. Probiotic bacteria are beneficial. They are found all over the body, although most people only think of them as being in the stomach and intestines. (3) There are various ways the probiotics can work inside your body: interacting and stimulating the growth of the body’s good microbes, and inhibiting the growth of pathogens inside the human body. (3)
Benefits of Probiotics
Microbial dysbiosis is a term used to describe an imbalance in the intestinal microorganisms of the gut. Antibiotic use, bacterial infections, and changes in the diet all contribute to this dysbiosis, which is very common today.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), celiac disease, and other intestinal illnesses are associated with a lack of useful bacteria in the gut. Beneficial probiotics in the GI tract inhibit pathogenic microbes from trying to infiltrate and grow by competing for space and resources. Re-establishing healthy bacteria and trying to prevent infections in patients following a course of antibiotics is among one of the most vital uses of probiotics. (3)
It is important to replenish the good bacteria in your gut with probiotics for optimal health, whether it be through fermented foods or probiotic supplements. Your body will thank you!
Healthy Probiotic Yogurt Recipe
One thing you can do to help restore good bacteria in your gut is to make your own healthy yogurt. Because we care about your health and strive to not only educate but also to assist you along the way, we are providing you with a yogurt recipe that we are recommending to our guests. The yogurt recipe that we recommend is significantly different than store-bought yogurt.
We are not only providing an easy to follow, step by step recipe, but we are also providing all of the Amazon links to purchase all the ingredients you need to get started and make many batches of healthy, homemade yogurt to improve your gut microbiome. Click here to see the Healthy Probiotic Yogurt Recipe now!
Do you want to learn more about gut health? We recommend the book Super Gut by William Davis, M.D.
Candida-Free or Yeast-Free Eating Program
Optimal gut health is the reason we ask all of our guests (we call our patients “guests) at the Hotze Health & Wellness Center do the yeast-free eating program in order to help restore balance to the gut microbiome. An unhealthy gut can contribute to unbalanced hormones, among many other health issues. We recommend a yeast-free, grain-free eating program that eliminates sugar and simple carbs.
Candida Albicans is a fungus which lives and overgrows in our intestines causing an imbalance in the normal bacteria of the colon so that we get less normal healthy bacteria, and more yeast. In order to get rid of yeast, it is essential that you starve the yeast, kill the yeast, and replace the normal bacteria in the colon, which is Lactobacillus Acidophilus, with probiotics.
Holistic Treatments Offered at Hotze Health & Wellness Center
At the Hotze Health & Wellness Center, we help our guests increase their energy level and strengthen their immune system. We are a holistic medical practice who believes that the body has the amazing power to heal itself.
Dr. Hotze believes that everyone deserves to have a provider who can coach them onto a path of health and wellness naturally, without the use of pharmaceutical drugs, so that they can enjoy a better quality of life. Our functional, alternative treatment regimen addresses the root cause of hypothyroidism, adrenal fatigue, menopause, perimenopause, low testosterone for men, allergies (airborne, food and chemical), Candida, and more.
We now offer many specialty treatments:
Our wellness center also has an on-site compounding pharmacy, Physicians Preference Pharmacy, and vitamin store, Physicians Preference Vitamins, so that we can offer the highest-quality products and services to our guests. All products meet Dr. Hotze’s highest standards and contain no unnecessary fillers, sugar, gluten, soy, etc. The Pharmacy is PCAB Certified and considered one of the top compounding pharmacies in the nation.
Schedule Your Complimentary Consultation Today!
Are you ready to get your health back on track? At the Hotze Health & Wellness Center, we will guide you on the path of health and wellness naturally. Take our symptom checker today. Give us a call at 281-698-8698 for a complimentary consultation! Don’t wait – it’s time to get your life back!
Click here to see our calendar and schedule your complimentary wellness consultation so that we can answer all of your questions about becoming a new guest at our Wellness Center!
Research
2. Health Benefits of Probiotics: A Review
3. Role of Probiotics in Human Health
"*" indicates required fields
Since 1989, Hotze Health & Wellness Center has helped over 33,000 patients get their lives back using bioidentical hormones that restore hormones to optimal levels, strengthen immune systems, and increase energy levels. Our treatment regimen addresses the root cause of hypothyroidism, adrenal fatigue, menopause, perimenopause, low testosterone, allergies, and candida.
Led by best-selling author, radio host and leading natural health expert, Steven F. Hotze, M.D., our medical team has over 100 years’ combined medical experience backed by a staff of nearly 100 caring professionals who provide an environment of hope and extraordinary hospitality for each of our patients, who we call our guests. It is our deepest desire to help you obtain and maintain health and wellness naturally so that you may enjoy a better quality of life, pure and simple.
Do you want to live a healthy, happy, purpose-driven life? Do you want to restore your health so that your loss of energy, weight gain, joint pain, depression and lack of drive or motivation won’t hold you back from achieving your personal and professional goals?
Dr. Steven Hotze wants that for you, too. In fact, in his powerful and passionate video entitled, “What I Believe”, Dr. Hotze shares how his Christian worldview and pivotal experiences have ignited a deep desire to offer the message of hope and optimal health to all who need to hear it.
At Hotze Health & Wellness Center, our doctors are changing the way women and men are treated through the use of bioidentical hormones. Our natural treatments have helped over 33,000 individuals with hypothyroidism, adrenal fatigue, menopause, perimenopause, low testosterone, allergies, candida, detoxification and nutritional deficiencies.
Meet our doctors"At 36, I felt like I was 90 – exhausted, depressed, and cold all the time, and now I have a life of energy, focus, restored libido, and a renewed desire to be present with my family!”
Holistic, functional medicine doctors in Houston, Texas specializing in bioidentical hormones, hypothyroidism, adrenal fatigue, menopause, perimenopause, low testosterone, allergies and LDI treatment, candida, detoxification, nutritional deficiencies, longevity and aesthetics.
© Braidwood Management, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The information on this website is provided for educational purposes only, and does not constitute any medical advice. By using this website you fully waive all legal claims based on any information contained herein, and fully agree to this disclaimer.
20214 Braidwood Dr., Houston, TX 77450
Copyright © 2024 Hotze Health & Wellness Center. All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply