Bowel diseases fall under a big umbrella of irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, diarrhoea, colon cancer, Crohn's disease, food allergies and candida are repeatedly written about and are reaching soaring heights.

Many people fail to realise that what they eat impacts the functioning of the intestine. For instance, eating a healthy diet, free of refined and processed foods encourages a healthy population of good bacteria in the gut.

Junk and fried foods, white bread and sweet treats, unleash the fungus and bad bacteria causing the following symptoms:

1. Belching/Gas/Bloating: harmful bacteria in your gut are feeding on your meal (they love to gorge on sugar) and gas bloats your digestive system until it finds a way to escape.
2. Constipation/Diarrhoea: constipation is a sign that you lack beneficial bacteria; or that there is an overgrowth of  yeast and fungi that doesn't allow you to remove waste fast enough. Diarrhoea is a sign that your body is attempting to remove harmful bacteria or parasites in a hurry. Both conditions point to a very unhealthy gut.
3. Undigested food in the stools: another “red flag ” for poorly functioning bowels.
4. Fatigue: there are several reasons for fatigue, but one of the causes is, the over population of bad bacteria, which prevents essential nutrients from entering into your blood stream to generate energy. The immune system becomes so occupied fighting against harmful substances that it doesn't direct the attention to producing the energy you require.

As the old adage says “death begins in the colon ” – in other words, the colon turns into a breeding ground of toxic waste, ultimately influencing physical diseases. Begin by educating yourself on what foods you require for healthy bowels so you can enjoy the energy and health you deserve.