Gut check: How to keep your digestive system healthy

Gastroenterologist Dr. Roshini Rajapaksa shares why gut health is so important and gives tips for keeping your microbiome in balance.
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[@lizabetx483]

How times have changed! Alternative health practitioners have long spoken of gut health and were called quacks by the medical doctors.

[@KA-eu9sy]

Bowel movements :
1. Get the Squatty Potty.
2. When consuming fiber, do so with plenty of water. Otherwise, if you consume fiber only without water, you're doing the opposite and you will constipate.
3. Eat super food Chia Seeds daily. 1 tablespoon for regularity. Build up to it. Start with 1/2 teaspoon

[@favourbridgette1939]

@K A
CHIA seeds gave me diarrhoea. Is it best to soak in water and then consume….Thanks….

[@louiseottley4995]

I take this every morning chia seeds and warm lemon water

[@juliawalkerthompson5763]

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[@KA-eu9sy]

Probiotic yogurt is also available in lactose free variety.

[@saniahkhan5766]

Vagus nerve is also important as well

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[@lizabetx483]

Certain foods change the color of your BM . Beets especially.

[@EmpoweredTransition]

Lentils are so healthy for the intestines. If you suffer from gas from legumes, take digestive enzymes or beano.

[@vidyasagarkumar2650]

Always welcome respected ma'am most welcome my humble request to share some more raw Fruits for better Gut health issues with Gallbladder chronic cystitis issues and huge under weight issues and liver health issues SIBO ISSUES

[@tinaperez7393]

Right, because the Today Show is where I go for health information. (This is major sarcasm btw).

[@traceytrotter9934]

Who doesn't poop for 3 days? That would make me very sick.

[@susanwilliams4953]

I go #2 after my 2 cups of coffee lol..

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

I would something is seriously wrong with me . Drink lots of water!

[@seventhchild7270]

Get rid of sugar and sugary foods and drinks

[@LOEARLEIMPERIO-lr9vt]

Microbiome is the secret to better health

[@StreetSmartMillionaire]

This is very bad advice that its normal to have a bowl movement every three days. If you eat plant based only which is best for the gut you will have 3 per day.

[@traceytrotter9934]

That is what I was thinking! Does anyone only go every 3 days? I would be sick as can be.

[@heeeq0]

​@@traceytrotter9934 when I'm on a diet and don't eat much I can go 2 days without

[@seventhchild7270]

John H.....Exactly, ......I eat a flexible vegetaranian way of eating and moderate exercise and lots of water...NO RED MEAT OR PORK, salty or sugary foods and drinks, FAST FOODS, ......LOTS of beans, nuts, Wild caught salmon , halibut, sardines, little tuna, and lean chicken breast and turkey, NO...deli meats, breakfast meats, hotdogs, red meat or pork and sugary foods....I love the Mediterranean way of eating and moderate exercise , light hand weights, walking 7 days a week...Lots of carrots, fresh garlic and vegetables and fruits...lots of broccoli, kale, collards, baked sweet potatoes in the skin, mushrooms, red peppers and onions, cabbage, ..little BROWN RICE, little whole wheat or multi grain bread, pasta......NO, smoking, drinking, drugs, sodas, fruit juices or sugary drinks!...A little coffee and green tea...lemon with water ...etc...

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

​@@heeeq0 do you drink 8 glasses of water daily?

[@heeeq0]

@@___beyondhorizon4664 no

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[@isaacchapman393]

I want to be in that doctors gut😏