I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about gut health. When it comes to anxiety, how people/doctors tell you “It’s all in your head”…. but is it? It feels like a chicken/egg scenario. Does your stomach hurt from anxiety, or does anxiety cause your stomach to hurt? And why are you anxious? Is it because you are dwelling in everything and trying to control your life that seems out of control? Or is it that you do have a nutritional and chemical imbalance from lack of proper absorption in your gut? It is not always about weight either. Someone who is overweight can have poor absorption and someone who looks healthy can also have major gut problems!

I started hearing about gut-health around 8 years ago as far as the ability to balance your gut microbiome. Genetics and environment are at play here as well. I had digestive issues since I was a toddler, and tried so many of the things that are over-the-counter and even recommended by doctors. Fiber is always pushed as a solution, but it never worked for me!

The trends are to push Whole 30 or paleo or keto or carnivore. Been there and did that and it often seemed to trigger a negative response from my body, not a positive one! Sometimes simply changing your diet is not enough. Did you know that your gut-health affects so much more than just what you eat? Poor gut microbiome can result in digestive issues, skin problems, mood changes, weight loss or gain, and auto-immune symptoms.

It is funny to think of my own foray into alternative health over the past 10-20 years. Can I say that it has absorbed a lot of my time and effort trying to figure out how to have more energy, how to sleep better, how to be able to eat normal food without an adverse reaction, how to try to keep my weight in check? Yes, but I have also learned so much about myself and how our body works, that in a lot of ways, it is does not feel like a waste. It feels like an education!

So, I am back to Plexus! I thought I could give it up four years ago because my hormones were so out of wack, and I did not seem to be having “healing” from using the products. In hindsight, if I had stayed using the Triplex, I think I would have more healing to this point. But this is a journey, not a destination!