I’ve seen many people on gut healing journeys that, well, never end. They make some progress, but they never really escape the feeling their digestive system isn’t working well.

The symptoms very and can include:

• Bloating

• Reflux

• Cramping

• Constipation

• Difficult digestion

• Food intolerances

• Diarrhea

Now if you’ve had one of these symptoms and can’t seem to beat them, there is no question your gut is in need of healing.

Did you know the gut is connected directly to the lungs?

The gut-lung axis is in constant communication between the microbes in your gut microbiome, and those in the lung microbiome.

Lung microbiome you say?

Yes, this is a microbial population in your body that is very rarely considered in gut healing protocols.

The gut-lung axis a microbial-immune superbridge that is designed to allow the immune system in the gut to detect any foreign invaders in the lungs.

Microbes in the lung are literally ‘breathing’ for us and while they do this they can encounter infectious bugs, viruses or other foreign invaders.

Gut microbes then send back ups to make sure there is an adequate immune response from the 80% of the immune tissue that lives in the gut.

Your gut microbiome isn’t just a digestive tool, it’s a total immune biological defence system that scans and attack everything we swallow, AND scans and defends anything we may breathe in.

So, if you have a digestive system that isn’t working well, breathing properly is a MUST if you want to reverse the problem.

Mouthbreathing completely bypasses the upper nasal immune system that allows the lung to undergo prefiltration to air that is bypassing gas in the lung alveoli.

Mouth breathing not only increases risk of asthma or respiratory infections, but sleep disorders.

Sleep disorders are also known to affect the diversity of the gut microbiome.

So, for gut issues make sure you are breathing through your nose, especially during sleep.

One way to ensure this is occurring all night is to try lip-taping at night.

It sounds funny, but if you breathe through your nose for 12 hours, your gut microbiome has had all that time to optimize its immune response to the outside world it encountered during the day.

Have you or a family member battled with gut issues and mouth breathing?