The Department of Endocrinology, 
Gut Guardianship.
- Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India
- University Center for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India.
- Department of Gastroenterology, Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon, India.
- Department of Medicine, Diabetes Obesity and Thyroid Centre, Gwalior, India.
- Dept. of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 74 · Issue 2 · pp. 400-401
PMID 38419247 DOI 10.47391/jpma.24-09
Cite This Article
Sanjay Kalra, Pawan Rawalg, Navneet Agrawal, Nitin Kapoor. Gut Guardianship. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2024;74(2):400-401. doi:10.47391/jpma.24-09
Abstract
In this communication, we define and describe gut guardianship as the processes, behaviours and activities that may be followed or undertaken, so as to achieve and maintain a healthy gut, and gut microbiome. These include aspects such related to nutrition, lifestyle, rational drug use, and microbial modulation by using prebiotics and probiotics. Gut guardianship helps in optimizing various aspects of human health including metabolic health, mitogenic balance, micronutrient absorption, mood (gaity) maintenance, gut immunity, and general well-being.
Keywords
- Antibiotics
- microbiome
- microflora
- prebiotics
- probiotics
- proton pump inhibitors
- rational drug use.
