WITH research linking a "disturbing" surge in cancer cases affecting people under 50 to poor gut health, it's worth knowing how to spot signs that your tummy is in trouble. Unhealthy lifestyles, an obesity epidemic and poor gut health are feared to be fuelling an explosion in cases of early-onset cancer . Experts have previously said that looking after your tummy can help cut your risk of issues such as diabetes, cancer and Alzheimer's.
Dr Austin Chiang, author of Gut: An Owner's Guide and TikTok star, told Sun Health: "The gut is much more than a sack of organs floating in a void. "It is a highly sophisticated network that toils around the clock to support life." Trillions of bacteria live in our colon - this is known as the gut microbiota.
"We're only just beginning to learn how this affects our health and how we can potentially target it for treatments in the future ," Dr Chiang said. "The fact is, we often don't appreciate our gut until things go wrong – and there's plenty that could go awry." Most of us probably don't know where to begin when it comes to gut health, nor can we spot when our body is alerting us that all is not well in our gut.
We might typically associate tummy pain or bloating with signs of poor gut health . According to Dr Chiang, the location and nature of your pain can give you clues about what the issue is. But there are a number of ways your gut can warn you that it's not happy, according to experts.
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