Updated on December, 2024
The holiday season brings joy, excitement, and the chance to gather with friends and family over delicious meals. It’s a time to indulge in your favorite sweets and savory treats. But let’s be honest—it’s easy to overdo it with holiday goodies.
Dr. Morrison emphasizes the importance of proactively supporting your gut health during this festive season to ensure you feel your best. In Part 2 of our Holiday Health Series, we’re sharing tips and supplements to help you keep a balanced gut while enjoying the holiday celebrations. Don’t forget to check out Part 1: Strategies for a Happier, Healthier Holiday for tips on maintaining balance during holiday meals!
Key Supplements to Support Gut Health
Here are Dr. Morrison’s top supplements for gut health and how they can help you stay on track with your healthy lifestyle throughout the season and into the new year:
1. Benezyme
- How to Use: Take 1–2 capsules before meals (1 for small meals, 2 for larger meals).
- Benefits: A blend of pancreatic enzymes that aid in the digestion of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates.
- Best For: Supporting digestion, especially when stress affects your gut or during periods of increased holiday activity.
2. Activated Charcoal
- How to Use: Take 2 capsules at the first sign of discomfort to help speed recovery.
- Benefits: Activated charcoal binds to toxins in the digestive tract and can help alleviate symptoms such as bloating, upset stomach, and a foggy head after overindulging.
- Important Note: Use sparingly, as it can also remove nutrients and medications from your body. Keep this essential supplement in your medicine cabinet for emergencies.
3. Dr. Ohhira’s Essential Formula
- How to Use: Take 2 capsules daily or 2 capsules morning and night for digestive support.
- Benefits: A unique prebiotic and probiotic formula that helps maintain regular digestion and soothes an irritated stomach.
- Travel-Friendly: This probiotic does not require refrigeration, making it perfect for taking on holiday trips.
4. Ox Bile
- How to Use: Take 1 capsule before a meal high in fats.
- Benefits: Supports digestion and the absorption of fatty meals and fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K). Helpful when you feel uncomfortably full after indulging in rich, fatty foods.
- Why It Works: Provides bile acids that aid in the proper digestion of fats and prevent the bloated feeling after heavy meals.
Enjoy the Holidays While Supporting Your Gut
These supplements can help you maintain gut health and balance while enjoying the holiday season. Dr. Morrison recommends incorporating these into your wellness routine to ensure you feel your best during holiday celebrations.
For more on holiday meal strategies, be sure to read Part 1: Strategies for a Happier, Healthier Holiday. And stay tuned for Part 3 of the Holiday Health Series- Tips for Fewer Holiday Hangovers, where we’ll share tips on minimizing hangovers and supporting liver health during alcohol consumption!
Wishing you and your family a safe, happy, and healthy holiday season!
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
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