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These healing recipes include plant-based foods and drinks that are easy to make and are beneficial for both gut and immune health. Included is a list of probiotic foods and prebiotic foods!
Research has shown just how important gut health is to overall health. Gut health is so intertwined with the brain, that it’s been deemed the ‘second brain’. It’s believed that 90% of serotonin receptors are located in the gut, showing just how closely linked gut health is to mental health, too. An unhealthy gut has been linked to food sensitivities, allergies, IBS, sugar cravings, anxiety, depression, acne, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, fatigue, ADHD, and much more. Put simply, heal the gut: heal your mind, body, and soul. I’ve gathered some of my favorite anti-inflammatory and gut healing foods from some of the best food bloggers out there + some useful tidbits to help you on your journey to optimum health, blood sugar, and digestion! Ready to live a healthier lifestyle? Let’s get started!
How to Improve Gut Health Naturally
Include probiotic-rich fermented foods in your diet.
Include fermentable fibers a.k.a. prebiotics into your diet.
Eliminate high inflammatory foods, GMO foods, inorganic foods, highly processed and refined foods, and packaged foods, and limit dairy, gluten, and refined + unrefined sugars of any sort.
Consume more healthy fats and omega fatty acids such as those found in coconut oil, avocados, walnuts, and hemp seeds.
Include sprouted grains and seeds in your diet.
Take a probiotic capsule daily and/or digestive enzymes.
Set aside some time each day to exercise, even if it’s just ten minutes of stretching.
Get plenty of sleep and reduce stress as much as possible.
Incorporate foods high in antioxidants, such as blueberries, strawberries, artichokes, kale, and beans.
Eat whole foods.
Consume a wide variety of spices.
Prebiotics v.s. Probiotics + Health Benefits
Prebiotics are fibers that are not easily digested and ferment in the gut. The process of fermentation feeds the ‘good’ bacteria in the gut. Benefits:
Helps increase the absorption of much-needed vitamins, minerals, and nutrients.
Provides a cleansing and detoxing effect on the digestive system, helping to eliminate ‘bad’ gut bacteria and pathogens.
Helps support a healthy immune system.
Reduces inflammation in the digestive system.
Aids in weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight.
Probiotics are bacteria that are the by-products of the fermentation process in fermented foods. Probiotics are considered to be ‘good’ bacteria and help feed the gut more of what it needs. Benefits:
It increases the good bacteria in the gut and decreases the bad.
It can replenish and repopulate the gut with good bacteria after the overuse of antibiotics.
Provides the groundwork to help improve every aspect of health, which we all now know is rooted in the gut, including improving mental health, eliminating allergies, improving heart health, helping digestive disorders, reducing sugar cravings, weight reduction, improving your immune system, and much more.
Healing Vegan Probiotic Foods
Fermented vegetables, including kimchi and sauerkraut (this red cabbage sauerkraut is amazing!).
I greatly hope you enjoyed this informative guide to improving your gut health + all of these delicious gut health recipes and gut healing meals! If you feel so inclined, I appreciate you sharing on social media! Thank you!
These short-chain fatty acids improve your metabolic and overall health by helping provide energy to your colon cells, producing necessary mucus, and aiding in reducing inflammation and promoting immunity. In short, think of prebiotics as the fertilizer to help good bacteria grow.
Probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that have beneficial effects on your body. These species already live in your body, along with many others. Probiotic supplements add to your existing supply of friendly microbes. They help fight off the less friendly types and boost your immunity against infections.
By stimulating the growth of bacteria like Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, prebiotics may help improve digestion, ease constipation, increase mineral absorption, regulate cholesterol, and strengthen the immune system.
But, when it comes to pre-and probiotics, cardiologists are warning they aren't a treatment for elevated blood pressure, cholesterol, or other heart health markers. The health benefits of probiotics are also strain-specific, so taking any probiotic off the shelf won't guarantee results.
Digestive discomfort: one of the main signs that you need a prebiotic is frequently experiencing digestive issues such as constipation, diarrhoea, bloating, or gas. This could be a sign that your gut microbiota is imbalanced. Prebiotics can help nourish beneficial bacteria, promoting a healthier gut environment.
The most important thing is to take them daily. Here are some things that may factor into the best timing for you: Stomach Acid: Our digestive systems lack the enzymes to break down prebiotic fiber, which means stomach acid doesn't break them down or decrease absorption.
They exist as food for the probiotic bacteria that you're putting into your body. The use of prebiotics and probiotics together is called microbiome therapy. You don't need to take a prebiotic for probiotics to work, but taking them might make your probiotics more effective.
Probiotics are beneficial bacteria, and prebiotics is food for these bacteria. Eating foods or supplements containing both can help balance your gut bacteria.
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