The worst foods for gut health according to nutritionists

02.07.2024 23:00

Some foods are especially bad for your gut health.

What foods are bad for your gut health

Ultra-processed foods that contain a large number of additives are harmful to intestinal health: preservatives, sweeteners, flavors, dyes.

These foods change your gut microbiome for the worse and can cause inflammation.

Ultra-processed foods include sausages, frozen pizzas, fast food, chips, ice cream, cookies, cakes, breakfast cereals with added sugar, and chicken nuggets.

In addition, large amounts of red meat in the diet are harmful to the intestinal microflora.

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This is due to the fact that it contains high amounts of saturated fat.

You replace red meat in your diet with chicken, turkey, fish, beans, chickpeas and lentils.

In addition, foods high in sugar feed harmful microbes in the intestines.

All types of sugar are bad for your gut health.

Sweeteners promote the proliferation of pathogenic bacteria in the intestines, which is harmful to health.

Therefore, avoid products with long ingredients. For example, carbonated drinks, sausages, instant noodles.

Previously, we talked about which foods are good for gut health.

Diana Dashkevich Author: Diana Dashkevich Editor internet resource