Why exercise makes us happy Have you heard about gut health? In the blood

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There has been a lot in the news in recent months about gut health and its importance for your overall healthbut what is a healthy gut, how do you know if you have one and what can you do if you don’t?

The gut is the portion of your digestive tract that is responsible for breaking down food and extracting nutrients. The nutrients can then be sent around the body to where they are needed.

This part of the digestion process depends heavily on a large community of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in your gut. The population and diversity of these microbes determines how well they can do their job. A sick gut has limited diversity but a healthy gut has a large variety and population size.

Our symbiotic relationship with this microscopic population goes further than digestion. These microbes help to train your immune system, produce numerous hormones and vitamins and communicate directly with your brain about the state of your gut.

If your gut is out of balance, your immune system will be compromised and you will be deficient in important hormones and vitamins - making you prone to illnesses. You will likely suffer from autoimmune problems, skin conditions, IBS and a range of digestive disorders.

To restore order you can try cutting out processed food, sugar, wheat and alcohol.

Eat cleanly and introduce prebiotics and probiotics to your diet. A full gut-reset programme may be required for best results.

For more information contact Dale Strickland-Clark at health@out-think. co.uk.

Bio:

Dale Strickland-Clark has been interested in all aspects of health for many years and spends many hours a week studying and improving his knowledge. For over five years he has been helping people with a range of disorders that are usually linked to poor diet and food intolerances. He isn’t a doctor and doesn’t try to be one.

Anew blood test developed can spot ‘nearly every kind of cancer’ long before it spreads, and is making waves in the medical world.

Right now, there are over three million people living with cancer in the UK. In addition, one in two of us will develop some form of cancer over our lifetimes, and almost all of us know someone who either died or survived from this brutal disease.

However, a simple blood test – a type of liquid biopsy – has been developed that can detect cancer anywhere in your body.

Several companies are exploring the potential of these tests, but the Trucheck test, developed by the Indian firm Datar Cancer Genetics, is proving to be one of the most effective and affordable. Research on 30,000 people found the checks could identify 91.8 per cent of cases which were non-metastatic (meaning it has not spread beyond the primary growth site) and covered 70 types of cancer. And this diagnosis can be gleaned from just two 10ml vials of blood.

The system of liquid biopsies works by detecting circulating tumour cells which are released by malignant growths. Over a five-day process in the lab, healthy cells are stimulated to die, while cancer cells are resistant, and can be identified.

Currently being offered to private customers by British not-for-profit organisation The Cancer Screening Trust, at a cost of £1,250, the company are in talks with the NHS about future trials.

Independent experts have said the findings were “promising”, and are calling for additional research, including trials on a real-world population.