We are in the fifth season. Not that of Game of Thrones , but that of the Chinese calendar. And this is, at the gates of winter, an eighteen-day interval that, for the Jon Snow of holistic medicine, begins on October 20 and ends on November 6, and corresponds to a change of strategic state. An area of turbulence between what is more and what is not yet, particularly conducive to push our energy meters to the zenith. It is during this window of fire that our ability to face the great return of winter is measured.
It is more than ever the moment to have a heart in your stomach: "The six to eight meters of our intestine contain from 70% to 85% of the immune cells in our body," says Dr. Didier Chos, president of the European Institute of Dietetics and Micronutrition. And this tube concentrates nearly 100 to 200 million neurons, produces 95% of serotonin, neurotransmitter anti-gloom and anti-insomnia. But like any competition machine, this second brain is fragile. It can be harmed by our diet, antibiotics, stress ...
Dr. Nadia Volf insists: "Against the hazards of winter - from gastro to flu, through ENT infections, blows and blues - our first line of defense is our intestines . So we pamper him. With fermented dairy products, no preservatives, green juices, alkalisants, and a cure of probiotics. These alone can reduce the risk of infectious episodes by 25%. Among the proven strains: Lactobacillus casei, Helveticus and Gasseri, and Bifidobacterium longum.
