Are you struggling to lose weight? Your gut bacteria could be responsible.
It turns out that the trillions of bacteria in your gut do more than just help you digest food. They have strong connections to weight gain and metabolism, and may even be the key to whether you are depressed, happy, healthy, or sick.
It you struggle to lose weight no matter what diet you try, or feel bloated, lacking in energy, and low in mood, then you might need to take a look at your gut.
Nutritional therapist Niamh Burke is coming to The Dancing Soul in Athlone this Saturday, July 16 from 2-4pm, to explain why feeding your gut is so important when it comes to weight loss. Niamh trained with the Dublin-based Institute of Health Sciences and works from her clinic in Dominick Street, Galway. Her speciality is working with women who are experiencing hormonal issues and struggling to lose weight and she believes nourishing the gut is an important first step in managing these conditions.
“An efficient digestive system that helps balance hormones is vital for weight loss,” says Niamh.
“We’ve only recently begun to understand the extent of the gut’s role in human health and disease. Studies are now indicating a direct link between your gut flora, obesity, and weight gain; faulty gut flora can actually stop you losing weight. Our environment has become so sterile in recent years with excessive use of antibiotics, pesticides, and antibacterial cleaning regimes that we just aren’t getting the same exposure to microbes we used to.”
Our modern lives with stress and poor diet rob our gut of good bacteria so we need to build it back up, Niamh says. Diversity of microbes is key when it comes to a healthy gut, and during the workshop Niamh will demonstrate how to make kefir, a yoghurt drink containing up 50 different strains of beneficial microbes.
The cost of the workshop is €35 and everyone who attends will receive a complimentary kefir starter pack to take home with them. Book your place now on www.niamhburkenutrition.com or by calling Niamh.
If you’re struggling to lose weight and you’re interested in learning more about how your gut bacteria can impact your metabolism and even your hormones, you can contact Niamh on (086 ) 3938773 or email [email protected].
