How to Deal with Occasional Digestive Woes

We’re known for having natural, science-backed solutions for pretty much all occasional digestive discomforts.* It’s our thing. Sometimes get diarrhea after dairy? Have you met Lacto® yet?* Feel indigestion after you eat now and again? You should get to know Digest Gold®.* Does travel throw your bathroom habits off-schedule? Two words: Kiwi Regularity.*

If you feel like occasional stomach and GI issues are part of your DNA, keep reading. You’re not destined to be a “stomachache girlie” — learn how to deal with occasional digestive woes when they happen (and even before).*

1. Boost your fiber intake. Only 1 in 20 US adults gets enough, meaning they miss out on its benefits. Fiber is only found in plants, and it can promote regularity, satisfy hunger and beat belly bloat.* Aim for roughly 25 grams a day, slowly increasing that amount.
   
2. Drink up – hydration is helpful for digestion, too. Your body needs water to comfortably pass BMs. If you don’t drink enough, your large intestine will draw the moisture from food waste – and that can make your stool harder to pass.
3. Start by covering your bases, with once-daily probiotics. Every SubCulture™ includes 7 CYB (cover your bases) probiotics for digestion, regularity and immune health, plus additional, clinically studied strains for bloat, mood and women’s health.*
4. Bring mindfulness to the dinner table. Slow down, chew your food and avoid distractions to tune into your natural hunger and satiety cues. Your digestive system doesn’t like to move at warp speed.
   
5. Move your body when you can. Exercise benefits your digestive system, including regularity, in addition to your heart, lungs, mood, etc. Try taking a walk after meals each day.
6. Keep your daily stress in check. Your gut is home to your enteric nervous system, and it’s on speed dial with your actual brain and central nervous system, thanks to all those neurons and your vagus nerve. Managing everyday nerves, worries and stressors helps your mind and body.
7. Track the foods that give you trouble. While it’s often the treat foods that give us occasional digestive upset (ranging from gas and bloating to constipation), healthy foods can also be to blame (cough, cough, beans and cabbage). Write down when you have digestive woes and what you ate beforehand.
8. Remember that rest doesn’t need to be earned. Sleep is when your digestive system (and the rest of you) repairs and rebuilds itself. Plus, the good gut bacteria work the overnight shift, so skimping on sleep cuts into your microbiome’s schedule, too.
   
9. Consider timing your meals. Intermittent fasting alternates cycles of fasting and then eating within a set number of hours. Humans naturally fast overnight and between meals. IF extends those natural periods to promote certain benefits, based on research. This diet has become quite popularin the last few years, with research showing it supports healthy weight management, healthy energy levels, brain health and healthy aging.*
10. Learn what enzymes and probiotics do. Probiotics don’t break down food – that’s what digestive enzymes do. Probiotics serve as a supplement for the beneficial flora that lives in your digestive tract. Meanwhile, digestive enzymes help your body break down the food you eat. Specific enzymes target specific macronutrients. Probiotics and digestive enzymes work in different ways with the same goal: Supporting you and your digestion.*