Improving Your Gut Health Through Exercise

Yes there are endless benefits exercise can do for your body, and improving your gut health is one more reason to get up and moving.

New research has found that exercise can improve the function of your digestive tract. More specifically, exercise can affect the balance of bacteria in your gut, which is home to more than 100 Trillian types of friendly bacteria, which help our immune system, our body’s natural defence mechanism. Research has found that regular exercise can actually increase the diversity of microbes in the gut, which can result in enhancing the bodies absorption of minerals, vitamins, lowering cholesterol, decreasing incidence of colon cancer, improving the development of a controlled and protective immune system and in some studies has also shown to improve symptoms experienced by irritable bowel syndrome.

4 Life Hacks to Improve Your Gut Health:

• Get Moving! Try and do something active each day, even if it is going for a walk or vacuuming the house.

• Try Yoga! Yoga poses have been found extremely beneficial for your digestive tract. In fact, a study published by Psychology, Health and Wellbeing found that yoga significantly reduced the severity of irritable bowel syndrome symptoms.

• Eat a Well balanced diet rich in fibre and probiotics. Fibre rich foods can include wholegrain oats, cereals and fruits. Probiotic rich foods include yoghurt, Sauerkraut and Kefir.

• Drink Plenty of Water! Increased fluid intake, especially water, encourages your body’s waste to pass through the digestive tract and also helps prevent constipation.

So get up and get moving for your gut health!