Taking medication to manage stomach acid or suppress gut health symptoms is just a temporary fix that hides the discomfort. These common medications don’t get to the root issues that are causing the ongoing symptoms. Our Functional Medicine team specializes in gut health and can offer a personalized approach that will support your digestion and improve overall function in the stomach and intestines.

Consider these natural remedies that can support gut health:

1. Change Your Diet: Dietary adjustments are the most obvious way to help the digestive system. Your daily meal plan should be high in whole food ingredients and high-fiber fruits and vegetables. At the same time, it’s essential to avoid foods that irritate the gut, including sugar, gluten, dairy, inflammatory oils, and processed ingredients.
2. Address Infections: It’s common for people with chronic health issues to have underlying infections that need to be addressed. A Functional Medicine provider can help identify and heal parasites, bacteria, mold, and other elements that might affect the digestive tract.
3. Reestablish the Microbiome: Your body will always have both “good” and “bad” bacteria. But when the harmful bacteria grow out of control, it can suppress the good elements within your intestinal biome. Using probiotics, prebiotics, and fermented foods can reinoculate your gut with good bacteria, reestablishing the right balance within your microbiome.
4. Balance in Lifestyle: Did you know that stress, sleep, and exercise can all affect the function of the gut? If you want to optimize digestion and reduce the impact of chronic disease, it’s important to look at all the contributing factors.
5. Repairing the Gut Lining: Chronic damage over time can take a toll on the gut lining, which is why good nutrition and supplements are often an important part of the healing process. By improving your diet and addressing lifestyle modifications, you can improve the environment in the gut. The introduction of proteins, vitamins, and amino acids can provide the building blocks needed to reestablish a healthy gut lining.