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Emphasized the famous psychoanalyst Hillman, "our way of living and thinking is obsessive. Everyone is subject to the tyranny of a life in a hurry, a life in ruthless acceleration."

The watchword of every daily message is "as soon as possible."

This is the essence of our time and its model maniacal as said A. Huxley "we moderns we have not invented any new capital sin over the seven deadly sins of ancient times, if not in a hurry"


In these conditions of stress is easy to incur a disorder that severely restricts the state of physical and psychic shape of each, by affecting the expression of its biological age (the real): the intestinal dysbiosis, is favored by a diet unbalanced, lack of physical activity, use of certain drugs (antibiotics, laxatives, birth control).


Symptoms

In practice, the intestinal flora can be affected and cause exactly the intestinal dysbiosis, a real disease, characterized by some well-defined symptoms:

  • indigestions
  • welling
  • constipation alternating with diarrhea
  • nervousness and anxiety
  • morning fatigue
  • sleep disorders
  • vaginal candidiasis
  • infections of the oral cavity
  • bloating and belching annoying
  • food intolerances


Causes

An unbalanced diet, both in terms of quality both in terms of the distribution of meals during the day and how they are recruited, often too quickly, is harmful to the intestines and prevents the body from getting the right calories and nutritious food. Unhealthy diets and is often associated with a irregular lifestyle, which alters the sleep-wake rhythm, with inevitable negative effects on intestinal function.
Another cause is the use of drugs such as antibiotics, anti-inflammatory, anti-influenza, antidepressants, anxiolytics and contraceptives that not only accentuate the expression symptom of intestinal dysbiosis, but they are also the same source, due to damage induced by them on bacterial flora. The latter can also be damaged also by the local heavy metals, such as aluminum, mercury, lead, which can reach the intestine through the food chain.

The alteration of the quality and quantity of intestinal bacterial flora may be an important cofactor in the manifestation of the so-called constipation and irritable bowel syndrome (given by alternating periods of constipation in colicky periods): change in bowel habits, bloating (ie swelling belly and heaviness), abdominal pain, indigestion (dyspepsia), bad breath, rashes.

Moreover, the consequences of a systemic nature of dysbiosis are many and very important decrease in immune, metabolic disorders (elevated cholesterol and triglycerides, blood glucose and urea), susceptibility to infections, loss of energy, recurrent cystitis, allergic reactions, increase in diseases of the oral cavity (tonsillitis, pharyngitis, tracheitis, bronchitis), difficulty in losing weight and hair loss.

Therefore the intestinal dysbiosis is framed as a real disease condition, disabling the quality of life of the subject resulting affection. It creates a condition of altered ecology of the microflora that may exist in the oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract and vagina.


Main forms

We can distinguish five main forms of dysbiosis:

1. Dysbiosis deficiency, resulting in a deficiency of intestinal bacterial flora, mostly favored by poor nutrition of soluble fiber and / or rich in foods previously subjected to sterilization processes or subsequent to treatment with antibiotics.
2. Putrefactive dysbiosis, favored by a diet too rich in fat and meat, low in fiber, some studies also link to the pathogenic mechanisms (ie causal) of certain cancers, such as colon cancer and breast cancer.
3. Fermentative dysbiosis, characterized by a state of relative carbohydrate intolerance, favored by a strong bacterial fermentation. The latter in turn induced by a bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine, where they are richer the fermentable substrates. Most typical symptoms: swelling of the stomach, flatulence, diarrhea alternating with constipation, feeling sick.
4. Dysbiosis from sensitization, caused by an abnormal immune response to components of the intestinal bacterial microflora physiological, often linked to a deficiency of immunoglobulins (IgA) and / or to a condition of insufficient immune barrier.
5. Dysbiosis by fungi (Candida intestinal yeast and excess), linked to the overgrowth of yeast fungi (mushrooms) or Candida, helped by a diet high in sugar and low in fiber. Prevalent symptoms: diarrhea, constipation or, more rarely, anal itching, fatigue, sometimes urticarial rashes, recurrent cystitis abatteriche, mushrooms in other body (especially in the genital area) and often associated with specific food intolerances: yeast, wheat, milk and dairy products, beer.


The Dysbiosis Test

Today, without necessarily any expensive food intolerance test, it is possible to diagnose intestinal dysbiosis through a simple urine test, which allows to highlight the excess or absence of metabolites derived from intestinal metabolic activities. The dysbiosis test detects the presence in urine of two metabolites of tryptophan: the show and skatole. The test is feasible in specialized studies in functional medicine.
In practice, this test can be used to identify the extent of the qualitative and quantitative dismicrobism implement and monitor over time the effectiveness of the therapy setting: a sort of check-up of the correct functional capacity of our gastrointestinal system, with the ability to see and set therapies absolutely physiological and natural, able to restore its correct functionality.It is often carried out routine check-up within the broader anti-aging, designed to assess and monitor the biological age of your body, often so far from the merely chronological. All aimed at maintaining and / or recovery of an optimal state of physical and mental shape, the center of each approach to aging well and healthy.



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