Gut Health and Diet

What we eat has a direct impact on our gut health.

Optimising your gut health can make a big difference to your overall health.

What is gut health?

Gut health is about choosing to eat some foods, so they can benefit our overall health. There are billions of microbes which live in our intestines. Some of these microbes can have powerful positive impacts on our health. The opposite is also true: some microbes can have a negative impact on our health.

Eating for gut health means choosing to eat the foods which improve the balance of ‘good gut microbes’. It also means trying to limit eating the foods which promote overgrowth of the ‘bad’ or ‘unhelpful’ bacteria .

When is gut health important?

Gut health is important for everyone, but is particularly important for people wanting to optimise the following health concerns:

• gut symptoms of bloating, constipation, diarrhoea and other issues with how your gut is working
• weight issues and a tendency to overweight
• blood sugar and blood insulin issues
• inflammatory conditions such as heart disease, type two diabetes,
• mental health difficulties including anxiety and depression
• perimenopause and menopause
• bone health
• food intolerances

Why talk to a dietitian about gut health?

Wahroonga Dietitians, Sue and Jennifer can help you with optimising any of the above issues through their understandings of gut health. They can also help you with specific gut health issues such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and FODMAPS. This includes understanding about wheat sensitivities. They can help you with understanding which dietary fibre can help you most. If you are bothered by lactose intolerance, they can help you with how to manage that, while keeping your diet balanced.

Sue can help you with how to manage Coeliac disease and has expertise in how to manage Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

Scientific understanding and knowledge about gut health keeps evolving. Sue and Jennifer keep up to date with the latest scientific research in this area, so we can help you. 

Some people have mistakenly been eating foods which have a negative impact on their gut health. Some people ‘cut out’ certain foods from their diet, believing this might help with particular aspects of life, however those changes can sometimes be having a negative impact on your gut microbiome. If this is you, you might want to know! Also note:  improving your gut health is not just a case of eating fermented foods or taking a probiotic. 

Let Sue and Jennifer explain some specific things you could try, to help improve your gut health and therefore your overall future health.

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