Roles of Normal Bacterial Flora in the GI Tract

Join Dr. Natalie Groenewoud, ND as she kicks off part one of a three-part series on normal bacterial flora and its importance to gut health. Here's what she'll be covering:

1. Roles of Normal Bacterial Flora in the GI Tract (today's presentation)
2. The Highs and Lows on the GI-MAP^™ (now available)
3. Case Presentations (coming soon)

Our Normal Bacterial Flora is Responsible for:

• Enhancing the Epithelial Barrier
• Developing and Modulating of the Immune System
• Production of Anti-microorganism Substances
• Competitive Exclusion and Inhibition of Epithelial Adhesion of Pathogenic Microorganisms
• Producing Energy Production Substances for Epithelial Cells
• Vitamin Synthesis
• Supporting Metabolism

Presented by Natalie Groenewoud, ND

Dr. Natalie Groenewoud is a licensed Naturopathic Physician and Medical Consultant. She has been in practice for over a decade, and her areas of clinical interest and focus are women's wellness and gastrointestinal health. Dr. Groenewoud always works with the premise that the body is self-correcting. She works through her patients' cases by supporting deficiencies and removing environmental, lifestyle, nutritional, or physical roadblocks preventing them from getting back into a homeostatic state. When she isn't seeing patients or consulting with Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory, she can be found in the mountains exploring with her young family.