Gut health experts reveal the key to good digestive health if you follow these 7 daily habits

It takes guts, and gastroenterologists are sharing the simple, daily lifestyle choices to ensure their gut health is top-notch.A September 2022 survey by the American Gastroenterological Association found that nearly 40% of Americans avoid routine activities — such as exercising, running errands and spending time with loved ones — due to uncomfortable bowel symptoms.How important is gut health? New research reports that Parkinson’s disease may even begin in the gut.

Plus, oncologists have partly blamed a concerning rise in youth cases of colon cancer on lifestyle factors like a lack of exercise, the Western diet and excess sugar consumption.Meanwhile, a March 2022 study from New York’s Clarkson University found a possible link between a person’s gut health and personality. Gut health hacks have become all the rage among Gen Z and millennial social media users — but we’re listening to the doctors.

Read on to see what tweaks you can make to your routine to promote gut health.Experts agree that maintaining a healthy diet is the single most important thing you can do to protect and promote gut health.

Eating a balanced, nutrient-rich diet with minimally processed foods helps the good bacterial flora flourish in the gut.“The intestines contain billions of bacteria.

There’s good bacteria and there’s not-so-good bacteria, and ensuring that we have the right types of good bacteria that promote gut health is really, really important,” Dr.Harpreet Pall, a pediatric gastroenterologist and chair of pediatrics at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine recently told Time magazine.

Experts recommend diets with a focus on fruits, vegetables, fiber and whole grains while limiting consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and red meat.As The Post previously reported, research has shown that, in some cases, early-onset bowel cancer may be “initiated” by gut bacteria that are more prevalent in those whose diets are low in fiber and high in sug...