ONE Living (digestive kombucha drinks from a rugby legend)
ONE Living (founded by rugby legend Jonny Wilkinson) offers kombucha drinks and water kefirs, both good for digestion. Choose from strawberry or lemon flavours.
These are unpasteurised, so avoid for pregnancy/nursing, children and weak immunity. Or for some medical conditions (IBS, leaky gut, low-salt diets, histamine intolerance and awaiting transplants).
Before recycling tins, rinse and pop ring-pulls over holes, then step on upper cans to pinch rims together, to stop wildlife getting trapped.
Other foods good for digestion include:
- Sojade organic plant-based yoghurts (find in health shops) contain the same ‘good bacteria’ as dairy, without the cholesterol.
- Fermented foods include sourdough bread, sauerkraut and kimchi (both from cabbage), tempeh (an Indonesian food to replace meat) and miso (a tasty Japanese condiment).
What your poo says about you!
A good way to see how your tummy is, is to look at your poo! Obviously see a GP for anything serious (and don’t worry if poo turns a bit pink or black if you eat beetroot or liquorice).
Sticky poo is due too much dairy/gluten, smelly poo is too little fibre and too much acid (give up meat). Greasy poo is due to fast food (Joy McCarthy writes that if you poo looks like ‘an oil spill in the toilet’, it’s your liver and gall bladder begging for love!) Alcohol can also cause havoc, as can dehydration (rabbit poo) and too much caffeine (race car poo!)
If any of the above apply, drink more plain water, eat more plants and fibre, and slow down your lifestyle. You should notice positive changes within days.
