CHICAGO — A functional medicine gut expert says maintaining a healthy gut is the key to managing stress and gaining more energy.In the book 'The Gutsmart Protocol: Revitalize Your Health, Boost Your Energy, and Lose Weight in Just 14 Days with Your Personalized Gut-Healing Plan,' Dr. Vincent Pedre says the key to having those two things and more is maintaining your gut health.'The gut is the foundation to total wellness,' he said. Dr.
It's also about symptoms you may be experiencing in other parts of your body, like migraines, allergies, asthma, autoimmunity, fatigue, even just joint achiness, that you think is related to just getting older or something else, and it's actually rooted in gut health.'He says that when people avoid foods such as wheat or gluten, dairy, alcohol, and sugar, they often see an improvement in their gut health almost immediately.When it comes to sugar, Dr.