Tips for Restoring Your Gut Health

Restoring your gut health should always be top priority. Having indigestion problems 
might not just be from the foods you are eating, but from bacteria and microbiome 
issues in your gut, which affects your overall health. Here are some tips for helping to 
restore your gut health.

Start with Probiotics

Everyone should be including more probiotics into their diet, but especially if you are 
dealing with gut health issues. Probiotics come in the form of supplements you can take 
daily, or in the foods you eat. Depending on the issues you have and their severity, you 
might want to introduce both of them for a while. Some foods with probiotics include 
fermented foods like kombucha, certain types of yogurt, kefir, and dark chocolate.

Examine Your Diet

Aside from adding in more probiotic foods, it is also a good idea to remove some of the 
unhealthy foods in your diet. Eating a well-balanced diet is crucial if you want to restore 
your gut health. Start by removing processed and unrefined foods from your diet, which 
are typically packaged and frozen foods, with the exception of frozen vegetables. Try to 
eat more whole, clean, and fresh foods, cooking more meals at home. 

Removing dairy from your diet is often recommended for better gut health, which means 
no more butter, milk, cream, or cheese. Some people can have a modified dairy-free 
diet where you switch to ghee instead of butter and can have some types of cheese. 

It is also good to add in some healthier fats to your diet, which provide excellent omega 
3 fatty acids which are great for your gut health. Think about coconut oil and olive oil as 
good fats. 

Consider Intermittent Fasting

The next lifestyle change you can make that will help to restore your gut health is to try 
intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting changes when you eat during the day. You will 
typically reduce your eating period each day to a certain number of hours, then the 
remainder of the day will be in a fasted state. Many people start by fasting for 16 hours, 
including overnight, then eat for 8 hours during the day. Over time, you can extend the 
fasted period and eat over a shorter period of time.

Why intermittent fasting? Studies have shown that when you reduce how often you eat, 
you are able to reduce inflammation and increase the good gut bacteria in your body.


