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Digestive Disorders and Chronic Inflammation
Food Allergies and Sensitivities are a major contributing factor for many chronic digestive issues.
When we think of common digestive tract issues such as Reflux and Indigestion, Irritable Bowel Syndrome with either constipation or diarrhea, or gas and bloating troubles; most don't think of them as Inflammatory Conditions. Most of these conditions and disorders can be explained in very simple terms as being caused by Inflammation. The following videos will clearly show you how Inflammation can lead to these disorders and conditions...
If you have an Inflammation issue in the digestive tract, then common sense and logic tells us that it's likely something that's going in the digestive tract that's causing the problem. It’s completely logical to assume that what we eat will affect our digestive tracts and how they will function. Unfortunately many of us have developed a “detachment” from our diets, and how we are feeling physically. We like what we eat, and we don't want our favorite foods to be the problem.
So If we have heartburn or reflux, we take antacids to suppress this symptom rather than ask ourselves what could be causing the reflux. If we are constipated we take laxatives and stool softeners to help us go, but don’t ask the question what we could be eating that is making us constipated.
The root cause of someone’s heartburn or reflux is unlikely a natural deficiency of an antacid prescription. The root cause of someone’s constipation is unlikely to be a natural deficiency of laxatives or stool softeners. With digestive disorders, it’s critical to ask the question WHY am I having this symptom, and not WHAT can I take for this symptom.
Emphasis for most conditions treated by Dr. Woodworth begin with ensuring proper digestion and digestive function. Without this, nothing can work properly. He specializes in investigative dietary assessment with emphasis on identifying and adapting to various food allergies, sensitivities and intolerance’s in people diets. This process is a key part of the treatment process for all conditions being treated.
Identify the underlying Inflammatory Triggers (Food, Infection, other)
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Remove Them
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Repair the Damage (Gut Permeability, Gut Flora Balance, Nutritional Deficiencies, Hormone Balancing and Adrenal / Immune Support)
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Dr. Woodworths approach to treating inflammatory and digestive disorders relies heavily on identifying these very specific and unique reactions in each patient. Allergies and Sensitivities are INFLAMMATORY reactions to foods in our diet. Food Intolerances are NON-INFLAMMATORY reactions to foods in our diet. If a patient has any inflammatory issues at all in the body related to their diet, they are having either food sensitivity and or food allergy issues with specific foods in their diets.
Food Allergies and Sensitivities (inflammatory reactions to foods) often lead to damage in tissues, organs and glands in the digestive tract leading to dysfunction in those parts of the digestive tract. This damage can lead to food intolerances.
For example, an allergy or sensitivity to a food can lead to gastritis in the stomach. This leads to heartburn, whic leads to antacid medications. The lack of hydrochloric acid in the stomach can lead to maldigestion and malabsorption issues in the lower bowel. This can lead to fermentation issues in the lower bowel causing gas and bloating issues, and fluid production sometimes causing loose stool and diarrhea.
Another example could be a chronic inflammatory muscle or joint issue leading to regular use of NSAID medications (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications). These medications are known to affect the integrity of the digestive tract lining, which can then lead to malabsorption and maldigestion issues and subsequent food intolerance issues.
A simple inflammatory food reaction in the colon can lead to a drop in pH in the colon, leading to an imbalanced gut flora issue like Candida (excess yeast in relation to bacteria in the lower bowel. Or an inflammatory food issues in the stomach or small intestine can alter the pH and chemistry in that part of the digestive tract, and lead to an excess of Bacteria in relation to yeast causing SIBO issues (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth) Both of these gut flora imbalances can have an inflammatory food reaction as the primary problem leading to their diagnosis.
Reactions to foods in our diet can impact literally any condition in the body. All Digestive Tract issues can be related to these food reactions. (If we are going to react to something in our diets, the first logical place it will impact us is the digestive tract). Inflammatory reactions to foods in our diet can contribute to inflammatory reactions everywhere else in the body as well.Muscle and joint issues, gland dysfunction (Thyroid, Ovaries, Pancreas, Liver, Adrenals, etc), Skin, Lungs, Urinary Tract, Neurological Disorders and literally any other body system.