30-Minute Trick SAVES Your Gut (Easy!)

By Dr. Scott Olson, ND Posted May 17, 2021

Dear Living Well Daily Reader,

Your body loves routine.

There are certain times of the day and night that are best to eat, relax, exercise, and sleep for optimal health.

Following your body’s natural rhythm is key to preventing memory loss, cancer, and more.

But did you know your gut comes into play as well?

Researchers have discovered that this 30-minute trick can SAVE your gut…

And it’s MUCH easier than you think!

As you know, taking a good, quality probiotic is one of the best things you can do for your health.

But a new study shows that if you don’t take it at the right time, you might as well not take it at all.

Researchers found that probiotics are best taken on an empty stomach either:

• 30 minutes before a meal
• 2 hours after a meal
• Or in the morning before breakfast.

And that if you take them during a meal, it could destroy their positive effects completely.

You see, your microbiome is a collection of tiny helpful bacteria that live in your digestive tract. The bacteria in your gut do a lot: including helping us digest food, creating and extracting vitamins and vitamin-like substances from our food, and interacting with our immune system.

And this ecosystem in your gut is easily disrupted… by illness, antibiotics, and more.

But you can improve your microbiome by sending new healthy bacteria into your gut when you take a probiotic.

The researchers also found that it’s important to make sure you take your probiotic at the same time each day.

You’ll want to look for a product that contains at least 1 billion colony forming units (CFU), if not more.

To make your microbiome the best it can be, try the following.

Follow Dr. Scott’s Road to Microbiome Mastery:

• Stay away from antibiotics – unless you absolutely need them.
• Eat fermented foods, including sauerkraut, pickles, yogurt. (And for the adventurous: miso, natto, and kimchi).
• Take a good probiotic: I personally like to rotate probiotics to get a wide variety of bacteria species.
• Eat plenty of fiber prebiotics: probiotics need food and fiber is one of the best ways to feed them. Eat plenty of fresh raw vegetables to get your fiber.
• Sleep well, keep stress low, and exercise.

Helping your microbiome will help your immune system – and we could all use that right now!

P.S. As I mentioned before, prebiotics are just as essential as probiotics for your gut health and more. But did you know they could help you get a better night’s sleep? Read more   here.

Written By Dr. Scott Olson, ND

Nearly 25 years ago, failed mainstream medical treatments left Dr. Olson in constant pain – and his health in ruins. And that’s when he did something REVOLUTIONARY. He began his career in medicine – and dedicated his life to uncovering the true, underlying causes of disease.
Through his innovative medical practices in Tennessee and Colorado, Dr. Olson has helped cure countless seniors from across America of arthritis… heart disease… diabetes… and even cancer. All without risky prescription drugs or painful surgeries.

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