Is the digestive system the gateway to all diseases?

“The root and gateway of most diseases truly lies in the digestive system.”

The way we treat and heal disease in this century is undergoing a 180-degree transformation.
Chances are you or a loved one have gone through rounds of pills and prolonged treatments, forgetting to look for the root cause.

The new way to heal should focus directly on the origin of the problem in order to eliminate or remove it.

“We are what we eat”

Your digestive system’s primary role is to digest “friendly” foods—those suited to your individual needs—and convert them into the nutrients that make up everything we are.

“Your gut does more than digest”

The digestive system comprises 70% of your immune system, and a healthy gut must form a selectively permeable and protective barrier to block out:

• Environmental toxins
• Pathogenic microorganisms
• “Enemy” foods that cause sensitivity

“What is food for one may be bitter poison for another”

When you eat “enemy foods”—those you can’t properly digest—they become toxins and anti-nutrients that trigger an inflammatory immune response to try and neutralize or eliminate these harmful elements.

If these foods are consumed repeatedly and over time, it leads to chronic inflammation, which results in:

• Leaky gut: inflammation of the intestinal lining
• Intestinal dysbiosis: imbalance in gut flora
• Nutrient malabsorption: a lack of the nutrients your body needs to recover—because when your gut is inflamed, you can’t absorb them properly

This trio opens the gateway for toxins and anti-nutrients to enter the body.

From there, it marks the beginning of disease, which will manifest in different parts of the body depending on each person’s individual biology and genetic makeup.

“Let food be your first and best medicine.”

The immune system located in your gut acts as your security center—it reacts to the foods you consume, and this response is unique to you.

Whether the reaction is positive (health) or negative (sensitivity, inflammation, or disease) depends on the types of foods you eat.

Immunonutrition: The Path to Restoring Health

Through immunonutrition, the goal is to identify the appropriate diet that supports the healthy function of:

• The digestive system
• The immune system
• And ultimately, your overall health recovery

“For specific genes to trigger disease, there must be something in the environment to activate them.”

Many people claim that their health problem is due to family inheritance—as if the presence of a gene automatically means the disease will appear.

However, studies of identical twins often show that one twin may develop a disease while the other doesn’t—despite having the exact same genetic code.

So what makes the difference? Epigenetics.

For genes to express disease, they must be activated by environmental factors such as:

• Psychological stress
• Infections and toxins
• Poorly digested enemy foods

Genes are like a panel of switches—they need to be turned on or off.

NutriWhite and the 3R Protocol: Reclaim Your Health

NutriWhite’s 3R Protocol is designed to give you the tools to identify which foods and environmental factors turn on the right switches for your health—helping you transform your life through immunonutrition:

1. Remove:Enemy foods—those that are hard to digest, feed harmful microbiota, and cause inflammation and intestinal permeability.‍
2. Replace: Friendly foods for you and your beneficial microbiota—foods you can digest and absorb properly, which provide the nutrients your gut-based immune system (70%) needs.
3. Restore: Your health in an integrated way: gut health, mental well-being, and overall balance.

We invite you to apply the 3R Immunonutrition Protocol and personalize it through an online consultation with our team of NutriWhite Ambassadors.

References:

1. All disease begins in the (leaky) gut: role of zonulin-mediated gut permeability in the pathogenesis of some chronic inflammatory diseases, Alessio Fasano.
2. The gut: a key piece in the immune system, E. Ramiro-Puig, F. J. Pérez-Cano, C. Castellote, A. Franch, M. Castell (2008).

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