A GUTSY MOVe
esearch continues to shed new light on the role gut health plays in many aspects of general health and wellbeing, so it makes sense to do what you can to improve it. New research from Penn State University in the US shows that eating just a teaspoon of herbs and spices each day can positively impact gut bacteria. At the end of the four-week study, people who added a small amount of a herb-and-spice blend that contained cinnamon, ginger, cumin, turmeric, rosemary, oregano, basil and thyme, experienced an increase in gut bacteria diversity – and that’s a good thing. “Research has shown that people who have a lot of different microbes have better health, and a better
