Gut and Immune Health
40% of Americans have digestive problems, with gastrointestinal diseases costing an estimated $136 billion each year in the US alone, more than heart disease ($113bn) and mental health disorders ($99bn). The global burden of gastrointestinal disease is just as prevalent, accounting for more than one-third of cases, making them the most common type of disease around the world. Compromised gut health can impact everything from the immune system to mental health.
With 70%-80% of immune cells residing in the gut, gut health and proper digestion are two of the most important foundations for overall wellness.
What Is Gut and Immune Health?
Gut health forms the foundation of a strong and resilient immune system. When the gut is out of balance, it can lead to systemic inflammation, weakened defenses, and chronic health issues. Immune health is essential because it is your body’s primary defense against infections and disease. A strong, robust immune system enables quick recoveries, disease prevention, and optimal health.
What Issues Can Restored, Optimal Gut and Immune Health Address?
Gut and immune health are foundational for overall wellness and key components for addressing any preventative and root-cause healing issue:
- Restores gut balance for optimal resilience, digestion, and strengthened immune system
- Robust defense systems minimizing illness and chronic conditions
- Root cause and complementary support for autoimmunity, inflammatory conditions, mental health, neurological health, cardiovascular health, metabolic health, hormonal health, and cancer
- Addresses and supports digestive disorders, histamine metabolism issues (e.g., allergies, histamine intolerance, mast cell activation syndrome), optimal detoxification, and other chronic disorders and symptoms
How Do You Restore and Optimize Gut and Immune Health?
Restoring and optimizing gut and immune health requires a custom-tailored multipronged approach. A comprehensive, personalized protocol is created for each patient through the lens of functional medicine while leveraging nutritional therapy and a Carnivore elimination diet. There are various factors considered for each individual’s gut and immune health protocol, including patient history, root-cause factors, functional tests, lifestyle considerations, and more.Â
While everyone’s treatment plan is highly individualized, the foundation of every gut healing protocol includes removing dietary triggers and harmful pathogens, rebalancing the gut microbiome while supporting nutritional deficiencies, and reinforcing optimal gut health to support ideal immune health. Additional immune support and immune health optimization are further personalized.
Who Benefits From Gut and Immune Health?
Individuals of all ages and backgrounds benefit from restored, optimal gut and immune health as these systems are foundational for overall wellness. These cornerstones of health are essential for preventing and supporting virtually all health issues.
When Will I See Results From Gut and Immune Health Protocols?
Every gut and immune health protocol will vary from individual to individual. However, we believe some level of symptom relief should be experienced within three months of starting any protocol. While results vary based on your specific health history and requirements, we recommend working with us for at least three to six months for any gut and immune health protocol. The more complex the case, the more time is generally required.
What Makes EFH Different for Gut and Immune Health?
At EFH, we have always specialized in gut and immune health because they are the foundation for all preventative and root-cause healing protocols. True healing and long-term wellness are impossible without a well-functioning gut and a resilient immune system. That’s why every treatment plan we design integrates targeted strategies to restore and optimize these systems.
Our team of functional health practitioners partners with licensed physicians and experts in their respective medical fields, ensuring that the most cutting-edge research is incorporated into each individualized protocol. We combine science-backed nutritional therapy, Carnivore elimination diets, and functional medicine techniques to address the root causes of dysfunction rather than just managing symptoms.
What truly sets EFH apart is our proprietary clinical approach, developed through years of working with some of the most complex and chronically ill cases. Through our exclusive clinical practice, we have refined techniques that go beyond conventional gut-healing protocols, helping patients achieve lasting resilience and optimization.
Since gut and immune health are cornerstones of overall wellness, every patient’s treatment plan includes these foundational protocols.Â
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We’ve been where you are—suffering from poor gut and immune health, searching for the right protocols and practitioners, and feeling alone. After having our own healing journeys and supporting thousands to do the same, we’re ready to guide you. Let’s get you healing and thriving.
References
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