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00:00:00 Hi and welcome. My name is Katrine and in this video I will take you through the digestive system. We will talk about what is a healthy gut and what is an unhealthy gut and also how the gut is related to your fertility. First of all I will give just a short presentation of myself so that you know who I am. My name is Katrine, I have a PhD in Biomedicine and I have done a lot of research about the gut and what happens during different gut imbalances and diseases. My name is Katrine, I have a PhD in Biomedicine and I have done a lot of research about the gut and what happens during different gut imbalances and diseases. I have studied the digestive system, the gut and diseases for many years where I have been doing research at the university for 6 years in total. So in this video I will start by giving an introduction to the digestive system, So in this video I will start by giving an introduction to the digestive system,
00:01:02 why it is important for our general health and well-being and also how it is connected to your hormones and fertility. So our digestion is fundamental to our general health and even just because of that it's very important for fertility in both women and men. But there are also other reasons which I will explain during this video. I'm not going to dive deep into the digestive system and explain to you what happens step by I'm not going to dive deep into the digestive system and explain to you what happens step by step all the way through the digestive tract. But what I want with this picture is to give you an idea of how extensive the digestive process actually is and how much of our body and organs
00:01:52 that are involved in the process. So I would like to explain some of the important roles that our digestive system has. So it is responsible for digestion of the food that we eat. It makes sure digestive system has. So it is responsible for digestion of the food that we eat. It makes sure that we absorb nutrients from our food. It is involved in elimination of waste products. Then it maintains. It attracts good guests in our gut, but it also acts as a barrier where it Then it maintains. It attracts good guests in our gut, but it also acts as a barrier where it manages and refuses bad guests that we do not want in our digestive system. Then it works as a sensory mechanism. It gives input to the immune system, nervous system and
00:02:46 regulates hormones and other neurotransmitters and then it modulates inflammation. When we look at this list there are several things that are inflammation. When we look at this list there are several things that are related to and affects the reproductive system. This is for instance absorption of micronutrients. For instance, nutrients important for fertility that could be folate, omega-3, zinc, selenium, different antioxidants. But in order to absorb and utilize these nutrients efficiently from our diet or from the supplements we maybe take, then our digestion needs to efficiently from our diet or from the supplements we maybe take, then our digestion needs to
00:03:33 function well and this is one of the reasons why the digestion is super important when we talk fertility. Another important thing that I want to mention is that the digestion has a direct effect on regulation of our hormones and I often see clients with digestive problems who also have some hormonal imbalances. The good thing about this is that when we fix their digestion many some hormonal imbalances. The good thing about this is that when we fix their digestion many times we also get control over and balance in their hormones again and this is something I have seen many times. Then there is this thing about waste products. So it can be something that enters our body through the food that we eat and that we do not want in our body.
00:04:24 enters our body through the food that we eat and that we do not want in our body. But another thing is that our gut and our gut microbiota also plays an important role in our estrogen metabolism and the removal of excess estrogen. So for women, estrogen increases before ovulation and peaks at ovulation and then it decreases again and the gut and the gut microbiota play an important role in this removal of all the extra estrogen again i see many women with
