Alice Barraclough

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If you struggle with constipation, diarrhoea or bloating, then you need to read this

If a single supplement could boost your gut health — by making sure the ‘good’ bacteria reaches the gut alive — you might feel as if you stumbled upon a revolutionary hack or ‘magic pill’.Yet despite numerous claims and marketing terms made by different supplement makers (we won’t name names) — who create supplements in the form of capsules, gummies, powders, liquids and pills – many experts remain unconvinced that these supplements actually provide any benefit. The latest supplement on the mark…

From the newly launched MS x Zoe ‘ultimate gut shot’ to a plethora of prebiotic and probiotic supplements, it seems everywhere you turn there’s someone pushing miraculous ways to upgrade your gut health. And if, by some kind of magic, you’ve managed to miss the many, *many* advertising campaigns at the start of this year (lining every billboard on the London underground, no less!) – then we’re pretty sure you’ll have seen the blizzard of #guttok content on TikTok (since it’s garnered over 7 mill…

Forget Percy Pigs and Colin the Caterpillar cake, MS Food has a new hero product for 2024 and it’s, er, considerably healthier. Responding to the increasing demand for gut-friendly products, MS has teamed up with Zoe, the science nutrition and gut health company fronted by leading epidemiologist and medical doctor Professor Tim Spector, to launch a brand new gut shot – available in MS Foodhalls and online on Ocado from 3rd January 2024.What is the MS x Zoe gut shot?The MS x Zoe gut shot is a kef…

With the booming production of nonalcoholic wine, beer and gin, a generation of ‘sober-curious’ teetotal trailblazers and research showing that even small amounts of alcohol can have health consequences, Dry January is more popular than ever. According to UK charity Alcohol Change, 175,000 Brits took part in Dry January last year – which, for the uninitiated, involves avoiding all alcohol for the month – and individuals reaped many a benefit, including; saving money, sleeping better, consuming f…

Eating the rainbow may sound cliché, but it *actually* works

October marks World Menopause Month, which means tackling questions about menopause has never been more timely – including those around how this phase impacts that most evergreen of wellness concerns: our gut health.If you’ve not yet entered the menopause (or the period before it, known as the perimenopause), it refers to what occurs when a woman hasn’t had a period in 12 months. A drop in the production of sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone by the ovaries triggers symptoms including brain…

It’s fair to say that over the past couple of years, gut health has gone mainstream – and we’ve all become, well, rather obsessed with talking about what goes on in our intestines. Over on TikTok videos hashtagged #GutTok have over 200 million views; on Instagram, recipes said to bolster your gut microbiome abound.Yet, according to a national YouGov study published earlier this year, which was commissioned on behalf of MOJI and surveyed 2,000 UK adults, 74% of Brits admit to neglecting this spec…

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