2025-03-24 – News – www.theguardian.com
Fermented foods like yoghurt, kefir and kimchi can help improve gut health, but for healing, you might need to see a dietician
‘Healing the gut” is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot. Some people use it to refer to improving gut microbiome health – balancing the microorganisms in the digestive system that, when off kilter, can leave us with digestion and immune problems. Others link it to “leaky gut syndrome”, a condition associated with intestinal permeability and said to cause nausea and fatigue.
Whichever definition you’re using, Bethan Crouse, a performance nutritionist from Loughborough University, says it is unlikely that yoghurt alone can give you a total gut makeover. “But some types of yoghurt products could help with gut health,” she says.
