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Category: Gut Health

  • Why Just Thrive Digestive Bitters in a capsule?

    TWO REASONS: Formula and Delivery System  
    1. Higher potency. The more herbs you add, at a certain point, the taste of a tincture becomes too bitter. Because capsules do not have that issue, they can hold more raw material than a liquid.   Each Just Thrive ingredient is scientifically verified to target a specific, different aspect of your many digestive processes—like evidence-backed puzzle pieces fitting together perfectly to complement every herb in the formula.    Also… No bitter taste, no sugar, no alcohol, no mess. And so much easier for traveling or eating out.  
    2. Targeted release. The number of digestive processes stimulated by dropping bitters on the tongue is dwarfed by what is activated when these herbs are correctly delivered by a capsule to the stomach and intestines—where most of your bitters T2R sites are located.   
    Hear it from the Digestive Expert!  Research Microbiologist Kiran Krishnan:  Digestive Bitters, The Natural GLP-1 Signal (45 sec video)  

  • Just Thrives Gut Trifecta

    40% of Americans report their daily activities are disrupted by symptoms like bloating, gas, or abdominal pain 

    20-30% get heartburn weekly 

    10% get heartburn daily ​ The rise in digestive distress around the world isn’t a mystery. It’s reflective of how dramatically we’ve changed the way we grow and consume food. Modern-day farming and eating practices have stripped away three key elements our digestion depends on.     To understand the best way to fill that gap, let’s look at Mother Nature’s natural cycle and how easy it is to restore those dietary needs with three products known as the Gut Trifecta: Just Thrive’s Digestive Bitters, PREbiotic and Spore-based Probiotic & Antioxidant.  
    The Trifecta Missing from Your Food    Our ancestors were foragers whose every bite of plant food was: Extremely bitter (think bark, berries, leaves, etc.), Fiber-rich and chewy, and naturally coated with Gut-friendly, spore-based bacteria, picked up from being grown on microbially rich, clean soil.
    Bitters   The human body contains millions of nerve receptor sites coded to be activated by bitter bio-actives. With the newest science showing the majority to be in your stomach and small intestine—not the mouth—as soon as we swallow that first bite of bitter-tasting food, the activated nerve sites immediately begin signaling, “Hey body, get ready, food is coming!”   And now a whole series of processes launches including: Gastric emptying (without this working properly, food sits like a rock in your stomach causing gas & bloating, occasional heartburn, stomach pain), Production of:  Enzymes (protein-digesting protease & lipase which breaks down fat) and Bile (supports both your immune system and liver) GLP-1 & Ghrelin (appetite & control of cravings) Intestinal contractions (helps prevent sluggish bowels), And more… Bitters aren’t just for flavor! They help kick start a cascade of digestive functions, but only if the herbs can correctly arrive where they’re most needed.
     
    For maximum benefit, two capsules with a meal most closely approximates Mother Nature’s own delivery system of bitter bio-actives arriving with food directly into the stomach and small intestine.
     
    And if you like the taste of bitters, the powder can also be put directly in the mouth with a little water to target receptors on the tongue.
     
    Fascinatingly, the latest science has also discovered bitters receptor sites in organs not directly related to digestion (brain, heart, lungs, etc.), potentially linking bitters with previously unknown neurological and metabolic benefits associated with: Appetite & Glucose Control, Fat Metabolism, Immune Support,  Mood,  Blood Pressure, Your Bodily Inflammatory Load, and more. Bitters are key to launching the entire, natural flow of digestion.
    Prebiotics   Prebiotics are the indigestible fibers in food, mostly plants, upon which our beneficial gut bacteria thrive.
     
    95% of adults and children need to add fiber to their diet, according to the Food and Fiber Summit. [4] Anthropological evidence suggests our ancestors ate up to 100 grams of fiber daily, while the average American now eats only 15-50.
     
    Your gut contains approximately 30-100 trillion microbial inhabitants consisting of anywhere from 300-1000 different species (or families).
     
    Each gut bacterial species and/or strain: Performs a unique job helping you stay healthy and happy and Has distinct preferences for the kinds of prebiotic fiber it needs to flourish. This is reflective of how our ancestors ate a far more fiber-diverse diet than present-day city dwellers. The lack of fiber diversity in the modern diet is considered a strong driver behind how those of us living in industrialized countries have only about half (or less) the numbers of bacteria living in our gut than indigenous peoples with a more natural diet and lifestyle. [5]
     
    Without adequate fiber of the right kind, we risk starving health-protective bacteria and losing the benefits they provide.
     
    For example, a deficiency of Akkermansia m. has been linked to obesity, insulin resistance, allergies, asthma, etc. [6]
    Gut-Friendly Spore Bacillus   Gut-friendly (commensal) spore bacteria are Mother Nature’s exceptionally successful way of keeping your gut “clean,” balanced, and healthy over the course of your lifetime—ideally, just by eating food.
     
    All plants eaten by our foraging ancestors grew upon microbially rich soil, without the application of destructive chemicals, and were, therefore, naturally coated with these gut-protective bacteria. Once consumed, these hardy, spore-protected bacteria successfully survive the damaging acid of the stomach, arrive alive in the gut and immediately produce two different byproducts for their two-part gut population balancing process.
     
    Categorically different from your 30-100 trillion gut microbiome inhabitants which remain largely in one area, gut-friendly, spore-based bacteria are both native to the gut and also “transients” that slowly move down the length of your intestines over about 3 weeks and then exit your body via your bowel movement.
     
    Along the way, these critically important bacteria make and use their own byproducts to balance your gut population. One self-produced compound kills pathogens, reducing that population. The other is a “superfood fertilizer” that significantly increases a deficiency of beneficials (for example, Akkermansia m.). This two-part, gut “cleaning” mechanism makes commensal spore bacteria extraordinarily efficient at correcting an unhappy gut.
     
    A robust, thriving gut delivers a vast range of health benefits because your microbiome population affects (and controls) virtually every other organ and system in your body.   Your intestinal bacteria make: Hormones: Cortisol, Estrogen, GLP-1 (appetite suppressor) Mood Neurotransmitters: Serotonin, Dopamine, GABA Enzymes: nattokinase, all your digestive enzymes, and more Fat-burning Butyrate and short-chain-fatty acids Vitamin B Complex Vitamin K2 And that’s just the short list!
    Why We Are Trifecta Deficient   Bitter compounds, prebiotic fibers and spore Bacillus strains have been systematically removed from modern eating habits everywhere. Bitters AND prebiotic fibers have been hybridized out of crops starting in the mid-1800’s because eaters prefer their food plump, sweet and juicy, not fibrous, tough and bitter-tasting—like our ancestors ate. Bacteria, including gut-friendly spore Bacillus, have been systematically sterilized out of the food cycle (to make it “safe”) for about eight decades including: Soil, Agricultural growing and harvesting, and Food processing. All these dietary changes foundationally alter our health because they affect how well we access nutrition from our food.

    What Happens When We Are Trifecta Deficient   Based on clinical outcomes, gut experts estimate:   97-99% OF THE U.S. POPULATION has: Gut microbiome imbalance & dysbiosis, An irritated, leaking intestinal wall, and A weakened digestive system.
    Why Just Thrive   Just Thrive Digestive Bitters THE DIGESTIVE DOZEN: Based on only the most recent science, each herb is carefully selected to target one piece of the complex digestive puzzle, making the overall effect uniquely comprehensive. CAPSULE, NOT LIQUID: Encapsulation protects the herbs and enables them to more effectively be delivered to the majority of our receptor sites where they can stimulate the greatest benefit: our stomach and small intestine. Just Thrive PREbiotic FEEDS ONLY “GOOD GUYS”: Formulated with three “specific” fibers shown to feed health-promoting bacteria and never the bad. “Non-specific” fibers feed both harmful and beneficial gut bacteria. When gut dysbiosis is already present, consuming non-specific prebiotic fibers can lead to gas & bloating, cramping, stools that are too hard or too loose, etc. STUDY: 150% increase (MORE than doubled) beneficial gut bacteria at the recommended dose in only 2 weeks [4]  Just Thrive Spore-based Probiotic & Antioxidant GASTRIC SURVIVAL TEST: 100% survive / 100% colonize STUDY: 10-100 FOLD increase in beneficial gut bacteria at one capsule in 3 weeks (including Akkermansia m.) [7] STUDY: 42% sealing up of a leaking gut wall at one capsule in 30 days [8].

    3 Simple Next-Steps from Just Thrive: Digestive Bitters,  Spore-based Probiotic & Antioxidant, and  PREbiotic
    Your gut is the foundation to your wellbeing because what happens there affects how your body handles energy, nutrients, and inflammation.
     
    Step into the future of wellness! For optimal digestive, immune, allergy, mood, neurological/brain, and metabolic health… put back what your diet leaves out!
     
    Just Thrive, THE Gut Wellness company, is: Scientifically formulated by a research microbiologist, Backed by breakthrough science, and Sets the gold standard in our industry for quality and efficacy. Happy gut, happy life! Healthy you…
     How to get these great gut products? We stock most of the Just Thrive line here at Mission Accomplished or you can find the link below or on our site in the Fitness Nutrition Resources section.
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