DAY 6 - FEED YOUR GUT · Now Your Why

DAY 6 - FEED YOUR GUT

Here's a question we don't ask often enough

What did you feed your gut microbes today?

Welcome to Day 6 of our 14-Day Seasonal Reset. 🌸🍂

Now this topic is very close to my heart, being someone who suffered for many years with endless versions of IBS. But we are incredibly lucky to live in times where there is so much more information available and I can't express enough how important gut health is for overall wellbeing.

There's an enormous community living inside your digestive tract - your gut microbiome.

It contains trillions of microorganisms, and we're continuing to learn just how closely the gut is connected with many aspects of health.

Your gut microbes interact with digestion, immune function, metabolism and even signaling between the gut and brain.

And what we eat helps shape that microbial community.

One particularly important part of the picture?

🌿 FIBRE.

Certain fibres travel through the digestive system and become food for beneficial gut microbes.

When microbes ferment these fibres, they can produce compounds called short-chain fatty acids, which play important roles in the gut and wider body.

But here's the practical takeaway: You don't need to understand microbiology to start supporting your gut.

Feed it a greater variety of plants.

Think:

🥦 Vegetables

🫐 Berries and fruit

🫘 Beans, chickpeas and lentils

🌾 Whole grains

🥜 Nuts

🌻 Seeds

🧅 Onion and garlic

🌿 Herbs and spices

Fermented foods such as plain yoghurt, kefir, sauerkraut or kimchi can also be useful additions for many people.

🌿 YOUR DAY 6 CHALLENGE

Add ONE gut-friendly food to your day. That's all.

Add berries to breakfast.

Throw chickpeas into your salad.

Sprinkle seeds over yoghurt.

Add an extra vegetable to dinner.

Try some plain yoghurt or kefir.

Add lentils to soup.

We're not overhauling your diet. We're simply feeding the ecosystem that lives inside you.

One little reminder: if you currently eat very little fibre, increase it gradually and make sure you're drinking enough fluid. Your gut doesn't need to go from zero to superhero overnight.

💬 DAY 6 CHECK-IN

What gut-friendly food are you adding today?

And your takeaway

Your gut isn't separate from your health. It's part of the bigger picture we're putting together over these 14 days. 💚

0 comments

DAY 6 - FEED YOUR GUT