GUT-FRIENDLY GOODIES

For a healthy microbiome, these delicious foods deliver.

- ALYSSA JUNG

IT’S JUST ONE PART of the machine that we call the human body, but your gut is the engine for good head-to-toe health. “A harmonious gut microbiome is absolutely foundational,” says Jaclyn London, R.D., a nutrition consultant and the author of Dressing on the Side (and Other Diet Myths Debunked). “Food is filtered through the gut before the nutrients enter your bloodstream to be brought throughout the body. Research is exploring the specific role gut health plays in our immediate and long-term health, but we know it’s critical to feeling our best.”