{"id":2094,"date":"2021-05-09T07:10:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T06:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyhormoneclinic.com\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2021-01-07T15:09:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T15:09:26","slug":"is-your-gut-bacteria-sabotaging-your-weight-loss-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyhormoneclinic.com\/is-your-gut-bacteria-sabotaging-your-weight-loss-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your Gut Bacteria Sabotaging your Weight Loss Efforts??"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
It turns out that the trillions of bacteria in your gut do more than just help you digest food and produce vitamins. They have strong connections to obesity and metabolism, and may even be the key to whether you are depressed or happy, healthy, or sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dysbiosis is an excess of pathogenic or \u2018bad bacteria\u2019 in our gut. Because one of the roles of our good bacteria is to crowd out the bad guys it\u2019s important to ensure we make a conscious effort to promote healthy levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Oestrogen Metabolism\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n An imbalance in our gut flora can influence the level of oestrogen that we re-absorb from the gut back into circulation. A certain amount is normal but in excess we can start to experience oestrogen dominant symptoms. Oestrogen is the hormone that gives us our soft feminine form and it can promote weight gain especially around the hips and waist if not in balance. Other symptoms that may indicate oestrogen dominance include heavy periods, PMS, breast tenderness and low thyroid function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Inflammation\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pathogenic or bad bacteria have the potential to increase inflammatory molecules that have been show to increase risk of disease and disorders such as insulin resistance, diabetes and heart disease. These disorders directly impact our potential to gain weight. Inflammation is an attempt by immune system to clear out potential threats from the body and the immune uses a huge amount of energy leaving us feeling tired and unmotivated. In fact a paper just came out in June 2019 in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences<\/a><\/em> linking the reduced release of dopamine in the brain, the motivation to do things, and the presence of an inflammatory reaction in the body. If we feel tired and unmotivated the likelihood is that we won\u2019t feel like exercising!<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s not all dreary though your good bacteria produce anti inflammatory compounds called short chained fatty acids when you consume fibre. These compounds act as a source of energy for the cells lining the colon and help reduce the risk of the diseases I have listed above; insulin resistance, diabetes and heart disease! Bottom line need to make sure we are feeding our good guys!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Antibiotic use\u2026. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We know from studies on livestock that chronic use of antibiotics can promote weight gain and now more research on rats also shows antibiotic exposure disrupts gut microbiota and increases body fat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n