World Digestive Health Day 2025 


We love any excuse to talk about gut health, especially when it ties into a global awareness day. And as many of us know by now, good digestion isn’t just about bloating or bathroom habits. It all comes back to your gut, and the role it plays in skin, sleep, energy, hormones, mood, and even how well your immune system functions. It’s our inner ecosystem, and it needs looking after.

A few weeks ago, we wrote about why gut health matters, including the gut-brain and gut-skin connection, why balance is so important, and what happens when things go a bit off track. If you’d like to catch up on that, you can read it here. 

But today, we want to focus on action. What can you actually do, in your everyday life, to keep your gut in optimal shape, and support digestion, energy, and general wellbeing while you're at it?

Start With Your Digestive Enzymes:

Before we even talk about probiotics, let’s start from the top, with the enzymes that break down your food in the first place.

These are your body's natural helpers for digesting protein, fat and carbs. If you're low on enzymes, it can lead to bloating, indigestion, gas, or undigested food in your stool. It can also trigger acid reflux, one of the most common digestive complaints.

If you feel you may be low on digestive enzymes, don’t worry, here are a few tips to help:

• Increase digestive enzymes naturally by eating slowly, chewing properly, and including enzyme rich foods like pineapple, papaya, kiwi and fermented vegetables.

• Bitter foods such as watercress, rocket, chicory, dandelion, radishes, lemon juice and apple cider vinegar can help stimulate your own enzyme production. Eat these before meals to get digestion going before you’ve even taken the first bite.

• You can also support digestion with a high quality digestive enzyme supplement, especially if you feel sluggish or bloated after meals.

Some people are naturally low in digestive enzymes. Others just need a little boost as they get older, during times of stress, or when eating heavier meals. Either way, it’s a simple and effective place to start.

What are Probiotics Really For?

You’ve probably heard a hundred times that probiotics are “good for gut health” but what does that actually mean?

Probiotics are live, beneficial bacteria that support digestion, help maintain gut lining integrity, crowd out unhelpful bacteria, and support immune health. They don’t “clean out” your gut like a detox would, but they do help rebalance what’s already there.

When you start taking a probiotic, you might feel subtle changes like better digestion, more regular bowel movements, or even clearer skin and steadier moods. In some cases, they can also help ease acid reflux, especially when low stomach acid or microbial imbalance is part of the picture.

So which one should you go for? There are so many probiotics out there, and it can get confusing. So here are our favourites, each with their own purpose and reason for taking. 

• YourGut Restore: The queen of all probiotics. With 30 billion CFU across 8 of the most studied and effective strains, this is ideal for a true gut reset — whether that’s after antibiotics, illness, stress, or just to give your gut a boost.

• YourGut Glow: An award-winning beauty blend for hair, skin and nails (as are all YourGut probiotics), combining their signature proprietary blend with skin-specific nutrients like MSM, hyaluronic acid, pycnogenol, biotin, zinc and more. Perfect if you’re working on both gut and skin health.

• YourGut Defence: Combines the same powerful probiotic blend with immune-supportive nutrients like vitamin C, D, zinc, black seed, NAC, elderberry, reishi and more. Great for immune-related gut issues, general immunity, travelling (get these for your summer holidays!) and skin conditions linked to immune imbalance - such as eczema or psoriasis.

What to Eat More Of (That Isn’t Complicated)

Knowing what to eat for a healthy gut can feel overwhelming, like most things in the health world. But, it honestly doesn’t have to be. You don’t need a 10 step plan or fancy gut health protocol. You just need to eat in a way that supports the bacteria already living in your gut, and encourages the growth of the helpful ones.

Here’s what to focus on:

• Foods rich in probiotics: Live yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, kimchi, miso and pickles (the kind from the fridge, not the shelf). These foods contain live bacteria that help replenish your gut.
  

• Prebiotic rich foods: These feed your gut bacteria and help them thrive. Bananas, leeks, garlic, onions, oats, asparagus and chicory root are great examples.

• Fibre diversity + polyphenols: Different fibres feed different bugs, so mix it up. Aim for 30+ plant foods a week. Add colour with berries, greens, beans, lentils, nuts, seeds and herbs. Antioxidant rich fruits and veg help keep your gut lining strong.

If this all sounds like a lot, don’t overthink it. Just do what you can. Even adding one extra portion of fibre or a new vegetable to your dinner is a win.

And if you struggle to get all your plant foods in, try blending a smoothie with one of our Super Shakes, they’re full of diverse plant nutrients, enzymes and probiotics to support your gut, energy and resilience.

Here are some of our favourites:

• Intense Greens: A powerful blend packed with nutrients and antioxidants to help energise, detoxify and purify the body. Surprisingly pleasant for a greens powder, and a great way to add extra fibre, variety and natural enzymes.

• Intense Berries: This is my favourite, because it feels like a treat — and it is, a treat for the body. Rich in polyphenols, antioxidants and gut supportive nutrients. Focused on antioxidant rich fruits like açai, mixed with energising greens like barley grass, and of course, enzymes and probiotics.

• Intense Maca & Reishi: One of the newest ones we have, but we absolutely love it. This is great for supporting the stress-gut connection, which many of us know is a real thing! It has hormone balancing maca, resilience boosting reishi and cordyceps, detoxifying greens, enzymes and probiotics.

• Sneaky Greens: Even got an option for the little ones (and fussy eaters). This has an incredible mix of greens, berries and probiotics. Just blend into juice, milk or a smoothie, as long as it’s cold to protect the nutrients.

Don’t Forget These Everyday Gut Tips:

Food and supplements are a huge part of the picture, but your daily habits matter too. Here are some simple ways to support digestion:

1. Chew your food: Your stomach doesn’t have teeth. Chewing properly also helps your body recognise when it’s full.

2. Don’t eat on the run: Stress inhibits digestive enzyme release, which can lead to bloating and indigestion. Get into the habit of 3-5 x deep belly breaths before eating.

3. Get outside: Natural light and movement helps to regulate the gut-brain axis.

4. Reduce screen time at meals: Presence is key for digestion, for recognising if you’re full, and for simply enjoying your food. Don’t have the TV on or your phone or laptop when eating.

5. Lower stress: Your nervous system and your gut are closely linked. When one’s off, the other feels it, this is where deep belly breaths before eating are so incredibly beneficial!

Everyday Gut Health Made Simple

There’s no magic answer for gut health, but there are simple, consistent actions that make a big difference. Whether that’s choosing the right probiotic, blending a nourishing green drink into your day, or just simply sitting down and chewing your food away from distractions. 

Whichever it is, that is a win in itself. 

Because a happy gut means a happier, more vibrant you. And who doesn’t want that?