Can Intermittent Fasting Improve Gut Health?
Intermittent fasting gives your digestive system a rest, supports gut bacteria, and reduces inflammation. Here's what the research shows about fasting and gut health.
Your gut does a lot of work. Every time you eat, it fires up digestion, moves food through several metres of intestinal tract, and manages a delicate community of trillions of bacteria. That process never fully stops — unless you give it a window to rest. This is one of the reasons intermittent fasting gut health research has become one of the more interesting areas of nutritional science over the past decade. Yes, intermittent fasting appears to improve gut health…
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