Gut Transit Time - A New Way to Measure Your Gut Health

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The latest science suggests that there may be a new way to measure a healthy gust. Gut transit time is how long it takes for food to travel from your mouth to the other end. The blue poo we have discovered is actually correlated with characteristics within your microbiome. It will put a link in the podcast notes so you can look up your own stool based upon this.

Our gut helps fight disease. It processes energy for us and boosts our mood. So, having a healthy gut is extremely important – but there’s still a lot we don’t know.

Gut biome tests are a new, exciting technology, but are they the be-all and end-all for dietary decision-making? And are there simpler ways — and tastier ways, perhaps — to tell what’s happening inside our bodies?

In today’s short episode of ZOE Science & Nutrition, Jonathan and Dr. Will ask: What are the signs of an unhealthy gut? And how can we improve our gut health?

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