Best Probiotic for Gut Health, Bloating & Immunity

Inside you right now, there are trillions of bacteria quietly working away, influencing everything from your energy and skin to your digestion, immune strength, and even your mood.

Your gut is so much more than just a digestive organ. It’s one of the busiest, most powerful systems in your entire body, and when it’s balanced and thriving, so are you. And when it’s out of balance, you often feel that too.

Learning how to support and maintain a healthy gut isn’t just about avoiding bloating and poor digestion, it’s about laying down the foundations for the entire body to support your health in the short term and the long term. 

We’re dedicating this entire blog to the gut, and why it’s amazing, because it deserves that kind of attention.

Why Gut Health Affects So Much More Than Digestion

We’ve all heard many times how gut health is important, to the point where it can start to feel a bit ‘whatever’. But do you really understand why it matters so much? Well, here are just a few reasons gut health is absolutely essential:

• Around 70% of your immune system lives in your gut. So when your gut is weakened, your immune system is too, and recovery from illness tends to take much longer.

• About 80 – 90% of your serotonin (your happy hormone) is made there too, meaning the gut plays a big role in how we handle stress, low mood, and our overall emotional balance.

• The health of your gut directly impacts how well you absorb nutrients, which means everything from your skin to your other vital organs can be affected.

• And let’s not forget, your gut is responsible for removing toxins and excess hormones from the body. When it’s sluggish or struggling, those can start circulating and causing trouble.

While symptoms like bloating, irregularity, or digestive discomfort can be obvious signs that something’s off, there are plenty of others too, like unexplained tiredness, low mood, poor skin health, cravings, or a heightened sensitivity to stress.

After antibiotics or a period of illness, these kinds of symptoms can often become even more noticeable. That’s because the microbiome takes time, often weeks or even months, to rebuild and stabilise. Everyone is different, but research suggests that repopulating beneficial bacteria and restoring microbial diversity doesn’t happen overnight.

Gut-Brain & Gut-Skin Axis:

One really cool thing about the gut is that science is just as interested as we are. It’s fascinating, all the ways the gut and brain connect, and how they constantly communicate with one another. We won’t bore you with all the ‘sciencey’ details, but we think you’ll find this just as interesting as we do (we hope, anyway!).

One of the most talked about areas of gut health right now is its connection to mental wellbeing. The gut-brain axis - a direct line of communication between the gut and the brain — has been studied for years, and now we’re finally seeing the evidence around how it works in real life.

A recent study showed that people taking a daily probiotic experienced noticeable improvements in mood and reductions in stress within just two weeks. Isn’t that amazing? It’s yet another reminder of how our gut bacteria influences neurotransmitters like serotonin, and how tending to the gut can genuinely help ease feelings of anxiety, low mood, or overwhelm.

It’s also a powerful reminder that gut support isn’t just for digestion. It’s for mental clarity, emotional resilience, and being able to cope when life feels like a lot. Which, let’s face it, is becoming more and more common in the world we live in.

Another fascinating link is the gut skin axis, which is gaining more attention as it becomes increasingly clear (even though many of us have known for years!) that gut health is deeply connected to skin health. When the gut is inflamed or imbalanced, it often shows up on the skin, whether through breakouts, redness, eczema, psoriasis, or that dull, tired look that’s hard to shift.

For many people, supporting the gut is the missing piece in their skincare routine. It’s not always about switching products, more often than not, it’s about looking inward. Restoring healthy gut bacteria can help calm inflammation, regulate hormones, and support better detoxification, all of which play a big part in clearer, brighter skin.

The Impact of Everyday Life on Gut Bacteria

Our modern lifestyles don’t always do our gut health any favours.

Things like stress, processed food, alcohol, disrupted sleep, and antibiotics can all compromise the balance of our microbiome, often reducing the good bacteria we rely on to feel and function our best. 

Even just a few days of antibiotics can shift the delicate gut environment, making space for less helpful bacteria to take hold if we’re not mindful about restoring it. That’s why being intentional with gut support, through food, lifestyle, and the right supplements, can be a small daily step but with big benefits.

For us at Kate Living, supporting our gut is top priority, and to do that we use Restore. We've written about Restore before, as it’s a truly remarkable supplement. It’s often the first place we start when one of our customers or clients are looking to rebuild their system after illness, antibiotics, stress, or simply not feeling themselves without knowing why.

Restore is a multi-strain probiotic, which means it provides the diversity your gut needs for real, lasting change. It’s been expertly formulated to support bloating, digestion, immune health, skin clarity, hormone balance, and the gut-brain connection.

Some of the key reasons we love Restore:

• It supports the repopulation of good bacteria after antibiotics or illness.

• It helps relieve bloating, discomfort and sluggish digestion.

• It contributes to immune health, and current research supports the role of probiotics in strengthening our natural defences and reducing inflammation.

• It supports mood, clarity and calm by nurturing the gut-brain axis.

• Supports detoxification, helping promote clear, radiant skin and balanced hormones.

• It was created by leading nutritional therapists and functional medicine practitioners in the UK.

For us, adding in a probiotic like Restore is one of the best self care tips you can do. If you’ve ever felt a little disconnected from yourself after a tough season, this is one of the most simple ways to gently help you reconnect from the inside out. 

We also want to mention that Restore is now available in a 60-capsule size, exclusively at Kate Living. This makes it even easier to complete the often recommended minimum 3 month course, and it also offers a small saving too, as the 60 capsule bottle is better value than buying two separate 30s.

Restoring Gut Health

Supporting your gut health isn’t complicated, it just needs to be consistent. Whether you’re coming out of a stressful patch, looking to ease digestive discomfort, or you simply want to feel more energised and grounded day to day, your gut is the place to start.

And while food and lifestyle are foundational, sometimes the right supplement can offer the steady, reliable support your body needs, especially in seasons of recovery or change.

Gut health is one of the most researched, talked about, and empowering areas of wellness. We now know it impacts everything from immunity and energy to mental health, hormones, skin, and ageing. So take this as your sign to start loving your gut a little bit more.

What we do love, is that supporting your gut isn’t extreme. It’s not a detox or a fad. It’s about small, sustainable steps that help your body do what it already knows how to do, just with a little more care and consistency.

Think of it like a garden: when you plant the right seeds and tend to them regularly, the whole ecosystem begins to flourish, becoming vibrant, balanced, and beautifully resilient.