Nutrition » Digestive Health

Food should help boost your immune system, not deplete it. In fact, your gastrointestinal tract is the largest organ of immunity in the body. However, if you're lacking in proper nutrition, your GI tract cannot work properly. This creates a domino affect, as other organs suffer too from the lack of nutrients you're absorbing from food.

Plus, you inevitably ingest bacteria and toxins with your food, which the lymphoid tissue in your GI tract is responsible for ridding from your body. So if that system is not working properly, these unwelcome antigens can harm your health.

Symptoms of compromised digestive health include:

Millions turn to antacids and laxatives for help, but these only relieve the symptoms. The key to improving the health of your digestive system is through the kind of personalized nutrition program that Southwest Integrative Medicine can help you create.