What are the signs of a gut that lacks diversity?
The human and the microbiome enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship. Healthy bacteria thrive on a healthy diet and reward the human host by producing materials that regulate appetite and weight, detoxify pollutants, reduce hormonal excesses and calm inflammation.
The relationship between our healthy gut bacteria and our health is so profound that microbial diversity is now considered a diagnostic marker for the progression of every disease.
The human gut is designed to digest and absorb foods and excrete waste without inflammation or injury. To achieve this it needs a diverse microbiome.
When diversity is low, bacteria's critical functions are compromised, and health issues have free reign.
A gut with low microbial diversity can significantly impact physical and mental health.
Here's what happens when diversity in the gut microbiome is reduced:
1. Easily catch coughs and colds
Low diversity in the gut microbiome often leads to an imbalance known as dysbiosis. This imbalance reduces the population of beneficial bacteria, leaving the gut more susceptible to harmful or invasive microorganisms. These pathogens can overrun the gut, further diminishing diversity and contributing to various diseases.
2. Tummy troubles like IBS and bloating
Dysbiosis caused by low diversity can lead to digestive problems such as bloating, diarrhoea, or constipation. It may also reduce the gut's ability to break down and absorb nutrients effectively and lead to a state called ‘leaky gut’.
3. Low mood and poor concentration
Reduced diversity is associated with higher levels of stress, anxiety and low mood. This is partly due to the microbiome's influence on feel-good neurotransmitters like serotonin.
5. Low energy
A lack of diversity in gut bacteria has been linked to chronic fatigue, low energy levels, and sleep disorders. This may be due to disruptions in the production hormones that regulate sleep and energy.
6. Aches and pains
Low diversity is associated with a higher risk of chronic diseases. This link is due to the way gut microbes influence inflammation. Healthy microbes produce anti-inflammatory fatty acids, while unhealthy bacteria do the opposite.
In summary
When considering your probiotic approach - aim for achieving diversity. Diversity is the one thing that will confer endless benefits to your overall health.
All probiotics are great. All of them pass some benefit onto the human host. Introducing any healthy microbe product, whether it be a supplement, fermented food or kombucha, is a step in the right direction.
What sets Cura Sporebiotics apart from other microbial products, is that it is wholly diversity-focused. The formula has been clinically tested for its ability to increase healthy bacterial diversity. This is no minor feat - it has taken years of study, multiple experts, and many clinical trials and experiments to discover. When you choose Cura Sporebiotics, you are choosing many years of expert time and study, and you are choosing to aim for diversity.
When you consider that healthy gut diversity is the end goal of most probiotic supplementation - you can't really go wrong with Cura Sporebiotics. No matter the starting condition of the gut, the strains in Cura Sporebiotics can diversify that microbiome, and start repopulating straight away.