How I healed my gut
Years ago I struggled with gut health. I constantly felt like my gut was “off” in some way.
Sometimes I was irregular, sometimes I was too regular, sometimes I felt like my body wasn’t absorbing any nutrients and other times I felt like it was holding on to everything!
I worked with many professionals in the space to help heal my gut. After a year of dedication, I finally felt like I was in a great space!
I know I am not the only one that has struggled with gut health. It’s among one of the largest topics on the internet. #GutMania is trending all over social media & people share all of their gut health findings!
I wanted to share my simple tips, tricks and what worked for me!
*As a disclaimer, I am not a medical professional, so please speak with a professional to figure out what’s right for you!
Seed Probiotics
Seed’s DS-01® Daily Synbiotic is a probiotic and prebiotic in 1 non-refrigerated tablet.
It is formulated with strains that support digestive health that help easy regularity and bloating.
It also helps reinforce healthy stool and ease of evacuation in the gut.
It helps immune function, cardiovascular health and even dermatological health!
It’s truly the first step to making sure the gut has good bacteria.
How to take it: Take it on an empty stomach first thing in the morning with water 30 minutes before you consume anything else.
How long it takes to work: I personally saw benefits within 3 days of taking it. I have been taking it for over 10 months now!
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L-Glutamine
This powder helps strengthen the lining of your gut.
Often times, when we have a leaky gut, which just means the food you eat leaks through the gut and into the bloodstream.
This can lead to gastrointestinal issues!
This L-Glutamine helps repair that tissue and support the gut lining.
How to take it: I just took 1 scoop with a glass of water every morning on an empty stomach before taking anything else. It doesn’t taste like anything & it’s great for improving the gut lining!
How long does it take to work: I took this for 6 months.
Bone Broth
Bone broth is essential for healing the gut & helps repair the gut lining.
It helps improve the gut barrier and can improve digestive systems too!
It has an anti-inflammatory effect on the body as it helps to positively impact the gut walls.
How to take it: Just heat it up and enjoy it like a mug of tea any time of day. Alternatively, you can make rice or soups with it for all of the same benefits! Just make sure you are using a really high quality broth.
Try it with my easy quinoa recipe!
Fun fact: Bone broth is also a great way to boost the immune system. I love adding a bit of ginger, lemon juice and orange juice to my bone broth for an epic immune boosting concoction.
Collagen Peptides
Collagen is one of the most important nutrients in the human body.
Collagen not only helps with improving our gut lining but it is also essential in improving the integrity of blood vessels, improving joint health and helps with muscle growth.
It helps break down proteins and seals and heals the leaky gut.
It can also help absorption of water within the intestines!
How to take it: I love adding a scoop into my smoothies, morning lattes or even oatmeal and pancakes. It doesn’t have a taste and it has about 18g of protein!
How long does it take to work: Stay consistent with it, take it every day & you will see the benefits!
Tongue Scraping
Tongue scraping is simply the act of scraping down the tongue 5-10 times in the morning first thing to remove any toxins that may have come up through the body overnight.
Instead of swallowing those toxins, you want to remove them first thing.
This helps clean the tongue, and since the tongue is related to various organs in the body, it helps activate those organs too!
How to do it: Just scrape every single morning before water or brushing teeth! It’s such a simple task that will elevate dental and gut health.
How long does it take to work: instantly! You’ll be thinking, “how the heck did I never scrape my tongue?”
Additional factors…
Sleep
Getting good sleep can help the gut in so many different ways.
Aim for going to bed at the same time every night, and your body will then wake up approximately at the same time each morning with efficient rest.
Prioritize your sleep! It’s the best thing you can do for your gut & overall health.
Control your stress
Actively try to lower your stress.
What does this mean & how? It’s different for everyone. There’s no secret sauce for this.
For me, I like to limit distractions and spend time in nature.
I love morning meditation in the direct sunlight, I love reading, journaling and having a work life balance.
For others, it could mean taking a bath, going out to dinner, yoga, stretching, singing, dancing. Just anything that helps release feelings of anxiety.
Just know that this could tick a lot of people off, when you start putting yourself first. But it’s the best thing you can do for yourself when it comes to healing.
Limit HIIT
What does this mean? High intensity interval training was all the craze a while back, think Orange Theory, Spinning, Sprinting etc.
There’s nothing wrong with these workouts sometimes, but if you’re trying to heal your gut, it’s beneficial to limit those workouts and just focus on low intensity training.
So this is things like pilates, yoga, walking, light weight lifting, barre…
There are a ton of great workouts that still give you an incredible sweat and muscle tone, just without the crazy elevation of stress that HIIT workouts give.
Eat real food
What does that mean? Focus on nourishing your body with real food.
I paid a lot of money for a gut health specialist to tell me to limit anti-inflammatory foods.. this is the highly processed pre-packaged foods.
They said to focus on real fruit, vegetables, meat, seafood and healthy grains.
They also mentioned that each individual is different and some could be triggered by dairy or gluten.
So that’s up to you to experiment with those foods.
Don’t be afraid of the dairy or gluten, but just me mindful of what happens when you consume it.
For me, my body is great with both, I just opt for high quality, pasture raised dairy and high quality, organic gluten.
Questions?
Drop any of your best gut health tips below! I would love to hear what has worked for you!
