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Prebiotics provide fuel for the good bacteria in your gut, and in turn can improve your gut health. Therefore, it’s important to include prebiotics in your daily gut health routine. There are several types of prebiotics you can consume that include resistant starch and soluble fibers. Let’s learn a little more about these prebiotics and how you can add them to your daily routine. What are prebiotics? Prebiotics are certain foods or dietary compounds that help feed probiotics, or “good” bacteria. The prebiotics help the probiotics flourish in the gut, in turn helping to restore balance in the gut and...

When it comes to gut health, a low FODMAP diet may help lessen your symptoms like it does for those with conditions like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). However, sometimes this diet restriction may not be enough to resolve all your symptoms. Therefore, in order to improve our quality of life, there are other foods and drinks that you must look out for. And on the other end of this spectrum, there are some foods and drinks that could help soothe your gut and improve your digestive symptoms. Let’s look at some of the best and worst foods for gut health...

When you’re following a low FODMAP diet, reading the label of the foods you buy is very important. This is because even a small amount of high FODMAP ingredients can trigger digestive symptoms. One of those ingredients that can be hidden in some processed food products is inulin. Let’s learn about inulin, inulin intolerance, and what part it plays in gut health. What is inulin? Inulin is a soluble fiber, found in many plants, that is considered a fructan. A fructan, if you remember from the low FODMAP diet overview, is a compound similar to fructose that contains FODMAPs. These...