Where does gut health begin?This aspect is extremely important - if your gut isn't healthy, neither are you. It is the health of our gut that determines how well we: get nutrients from food;
resist pathogens;
regulate hormones, etc.
There are many reasons why we can have intestinal problems, usually it's a superposition of many factors: stress, diet, lack of food culture, bad environment, medications, liver problems, etc.
It is important to remember: stress is the enemy of good digestion and the trigger of many gastrointestinal diseases.