{"id":157620,"date":"2025-09-24T14:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/157620\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T14:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:09:08","slug":"boost-your-gut-health-with-joy-bauers-3-day-meal-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/157620\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost Your Gut Health With Joy Bauer&#8217;s 3-Day Meal Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"anchor-9c1b55\" class=\"body-graf\">Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/diet-fitness\/foods-better-gut-health-supplements-rcna230639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">gut plays a starring role<\/a> in your overall health \u2014 here\u2019s how to help it perform its best! A balanced microbiome not only keeps digestion on track, but also supports immunity, helps regulate inflammation, and even influences mood and brain function. And while there are many systems involved in gut health and the microbiome, the key players include: fiber, prebiotics and probiotics. <\/p>\n<p>Probiotics are beneficial bacteria that support a healthy gut. Sources include foods such as yogurt, kefir, kimchi, miso and sauerkraut.Prebiotics feed the good bacteria. Sources include bananas, artichokes, asparagus, garlic, onions, oats, and beans.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-5908f1\" class=\"body-graf\">A recent study published in the American Society for Microbiology found that the amount and variety of plants you eat each week makes the biggest difference for gut health. Specifically, people who ate more than<a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/diet-fitness\/best-gut-health-foods-rcna63013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> 30 different plants<\/a> per week (herbs and spices count!) had greater gut microbial diversity compared with those who ate 10 or fewer &#8230; and greater diversity equals better health!<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-28fcb1\" class=\"body-graf\">This 3-day plan is designed to help you nurture a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/diet-fitness\/best-foods-gut-health-3-things-common-rcna227830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">thriving gut<\/a>. Each day provides a probiotic, multiple sources of prebiotics, at least 5 plants, and is filled with fiber. You\u2019ll find easy pairings and some of my go-to recipes \u2014 feel free to mix, match and add your own favorite sides. <\/p>\n<p>Day 1<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Silver-Dollar-Oatmeal-Pancakes-PC-Kelly-Harrison-1f5ed9.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Dollar Oatmeal Pancakes\" height=\"6125\" width=\"4083\"\/>Silver Dollar Oatmeal PancakesKelly Harrison \/ Joy BauerDay 2<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/back-to-school-snacks-3-te-220830-289cff.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Nachos\" height=\"1875\" width=\"2500\"\/>Apple NachosCourtesy Joy BauerDay 3<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-12ce7d\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">Lifestyle habits matter, too! Give yourself bonus points for moving your body, managing stress, getting good sleep, staying hydrated and limiting alcohol. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your gut plays a starring role in your overall health \u2014 here\u2019s how to help it perform its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[102,6636,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-157620","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-nutrition","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}