Originally published in Well + Good
I would say the majority of the population has some degree of gut imbalance, due to a perfect storm of factors, such as excessive reliance on antibiotics, inflammatory foods in our diet, chronic stress, and the ubiquity of glyphosate (from the pesticide RoundUp) in our food and tap water.
The signs of gut imbalance are so common in modern life, a lot of us just assume it’s normal.
Without putting the pressure and guilt of ‘clean eating’ on yourself, it is worth recognizing that you can go a long way toward healing your gut by following your body’s intuition and shifting your food choices toward foods that agree with your body. It’s all an art of listening to your body and being gentle with it.
