Best Foods for Gut Health

Homemade sauerkraut and other fermented veggies such as carrots, daikon radishes, onions, and hot peppers! Sauerkraut is the easiest thing in the world to make, just salt and shredded cabbage. I ferment it in the ceramic "pot" pulled out of an old crockpot.

-Mark

What’s up with all the use of the word "gut" lately?  Mine just rests peacefully on my lap!

I eat an average of 7 servings of fruits and vegetables each day.  I eat a lot of high-fiber foods like quinoa.  I drink homemade lemon ginger tea to help things stay happy in there.

I bought some of these probiotics...

...last week for a friend who was having some gastrointestinal...issues. He thanked me but said he doubt they'd do any good, so passed on them.  #&$@% ingrate.

So I took them home. They were a buck for a shrink-wrapped pack of five. The little bottles are quite small — why, no bigger than your thumb! Presumably.

I've had one each morning. Evidently, the one thing I see online in reviews that people are not happy about is the high (?) sugar content.

So far, they taste good, anyway. Whether they're doing me any good digestively, well...the jury's still out.

There are many plant-based foods good for gut health besides sauerkraut. Look for kimchi the next time you are in the grocery store. It tastes great and is great for your gut.