EAT your way to HEALTH
YOUR GUT – IT GETS butterflies when you’re excited, rumbles when you’re hungry and might actually be the headquarters for much of your body’s health. Overwhelming research says a healthy digestive system, with balanced levels of the trillions of bacteria that inhabit it, aka your microbiome, is the key to creating all those wellbeing benefi ts we crave at this time of year. So if you want to lose a little weight, feel more relaxed, get sounder sleep and improve your health overall, start showing your intestines some love!
‘Your gut is directly linked to your brain via the vagus nerve, and the bacteria that live in your gut send signals through this nerve and around your bloodstream,’ says Tim Spector, professor of
