Emphasizing, Emphasizing, Emphasizing - Good Digestive Tract Health

Do all diseases and illnesses start in the gut?  If so, it makes sense to keep your digestive tract healthy.

1.  Avoid anything fried.  Guts just hate the oil that most foods are fried in.

2.  Avoid chemicals.  Eat organic - no pesticides, no growth hormones, nothing that isn't natural.

3.  Eat yogurt.  One container per day.

4.  Drink a shot of apple cider vinegar every day (do this slowly - it's awful, but it works).  If you can't stomach this (no pun intended), try aloe vera juice.  Tastes a whole lot less awful.  I recommend you try the apple cider vinegar, though.  Seems to kill off any bad bacteria living in the intestines.

5.  Change your 8 glasses of water per day to at least 16 ounces of seltzer water every day.  For some reason, seltzer water flushes out your system better than regular water.  It also neutralizes acid, which I think is big in controlling Behcet's symptoms.

6.  Try Solormon's Seal joint oil (available at health food stores or natural pharmacies on line) as a topical treatment for sore joints, fingers, ankles, knees --- anything that hurts.

7.  Try brewing a glass of marshmallow root in a glass of cool water.  It will take awhile for the 1 tbsp. of root to settle to the bottom of the glass.  When it does, strain and sip slowly over the course of a few hours the liquid remaining.  This is a natural anti-inflammatory and will not aggravate your stomach as NSAIDS do.

Keep your gut happy and see if you feel better.