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As I said in the last article HERE, there are about 500 different species of bacteria. And between them, they ether produce or help to produce neurotransmitters in our body, such as Serotonin and GABA, which calm and relax us, de-stress us, allow us to fall asleep, and help to keep our hormones in balance so we can lose weight and add muscle.
Some of these bacteria eat the foods coming in such as amino acids, vitamins and other nutrients, and some actually produce amino acids, or vitamins, or other nutrients that the body can use or that other bacteria feed off of.
Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life.
When our sleep is below normal, when it’s broken up or thrown off, it affects us more both physically and mentally than we realize.
Sleep is when most fat burning and muscle building occurs, as well as when most cellular repair happens.
Our cortisol levels lower when we get good sleep and we become less stressed or anxious and more able to relax. This helps balance out hormones and neurotransmitters.
Additionally, our cravings for food – especially sugars – decrease.
But when we get poor or broken sleep, our cortisol levels rise, lowering testosterone, growth hormones, and progesterone — our fat burning, muscle building, bone-strengthening, calming hormones. It raises our appetite and increases our stress levels.
How does PerfectAmino actually work? And what is it really doing in our bodies?
PerfectAmino is the perfect protein source. But there is a point there. It’s the perfect protein source. It isn’t protein in itself, but amino acids, the building blocks of protein.
When these amino acids are bonded together into chains, that’s when it becomes a protein.
That’s what any protein molecule you eat is — hundreds or thousands of different amino acids all bonded together into a long chain.
But PerfectAmino is different than other protein sources you’ve had. Very different.
Here’s a quick explainer before we jump into what it does in our bodies.
If your cells are taking in less sugar because they’re resisting insulin knocking at their door to let in sugar, then the cells have less energy to work with.
That sugar is there, and insulin is happily converting it to fat, but your cells aren’t getting it so of course they’re hungry and will keep telling you to eat more until they finally get some.
The more insulin resistant you are, the more of what you eat is going to fat storage and less to your cells.
This will happen even if you’ve just eaten a lot of food. It’s in your bloodstream, but the cells aren’t getting it so they’re still hungry and demanding you eat more.
And they’ll especially crave fast-acting sugars so they don’t have to wait for a slow-digesting sugar to finally get to them. If they’re starving then they want energy now.
Wait. Stop. Really? Is itreally that bad?
Well, let’s look at it.
It kills anything it touches.
Literally. Any bacteria, any plants.
Dead.
Fat from food is not converted to fat in the body without the presence of sugar. But due to their effects on our hormones, some fats can help us lose weight, and some make us gain it.
Now, there are many types of fat, both that you eat and your body creates, and different fats are used for various actions in your body.
And where calorie counting really messes us up is in the fat department. We can’t say 1 gram of fat is only 9 calories; you can only have a such and such amount and leave it at that.
Digestion is the engine of our health.
It’s how we get our energy, nutrition, vitality.
But when it goes off, it can throw our whole system out of whack.
Ultimately, many digestive issues can be traced back to a low level of stomach acid. Stomach acid sets the stage for the rest of the process
Even heartburn and GERD, conditions that feellike there is too much acid are actually symptoms of too little.
And this is where pharmaceutical solutions go wrong. Most inhibit acid production, compounding the underlying problem.
We need simple, easy, natural solutions.
So what can you do?
S.I.B.O. = Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
In this article HERE we covered the overall path of digestion, and if you haven’t read it — you should.
The digestive tract is arguably the most important pathway in the body for overall health, weight loss, muscle-building, hormones, energy, and immune system function.
Now we’re going to dive more into one aspect of it affecting a majority of the people in the US right now whether they know it or not: SIBO or Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth.
These are bacteria that make their way into your small intestine and take root, causing all sorts of problems.
There is something called “Leaky Gut”, and this is not just a funny name. It’s probably one of the most accurate labels there are, actually.
When food comes into your small intestine from your stomach it’s already mostly broken down. Here, more enzymes (bodily chemicals) are released to break it down further into truly microscopic pieces.
We also get any bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites that were not killed in your stomach if you don’t have enough stomach acid there.
Your small intestine has three walls: the inside wall is very thin, a thickness of one cell to be exact. This is the wall of cells that senses nutrients and opens tiny doors called “Tight Junctions” to let them through.
The next wall is lymph tissue (part of your immune system) that is there to spot and attack any harmful bacteria, viruses, etc.
If we have Acid Reflux, Heartburn or GERD then we have lower levels of stomach acid. Period.
So first, we need to get off any acid blockers, antacids, and even soda water, which also lessens acidity.
We then need to start taking digestive enzymes to provide the Stomach Acid and Enzymes the stomach needs to fully break down food and kill off bacteria and parasites coming in. Because if we have one of the above situations then we already know we don’t have enough.
I’ve been asked many times about the one vitamin or supplement a person needs for good health, about this or that diet, about going Vegan or going Carnivore, and much more.
So I wanted to take a moment to look at some things here. Not the pros and cons of different diets or the importance of one vitamin over another, but instead — how you can determine what is right for you.
First, vitamins and supplements.
Which one do you need? Which one is the best or most important?
Especially as they get older, women can find it easier and easier to gain weight and harder and harder to lose it.
But more and more this is happening with younger women as well — and there is an exact reason for this.
It has to do with hormones, the messenger chemicals in our body that tell our cells how to use the foods we eat, whether to store fat or lose it, increase or decrease energy. They even affect our moods.
And when they get out of control, it can become harder and harder to climb back out of the hole...