How Exercise Transforms Your Gut Health

Exercise is nearly always the missing link in any gut healing protocol. Here’s how exercise rewires your gut.

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I wrote my master’s thesis about gut health. To do so, I undertook extensive research. What I learned about the gut has imprinted on my brain forever, and I wanted to share some of my findings in a series of articles — so if this interests you, be sure to subscribe.

First in line — exercise. We all know movement is good for us. Physically, mentally, yadda yadda. But did you know that how much you move also has a profound effect on the microbial ecosystem of your gut?

Most people think gut health is all about food. And yes, diet matters. But it’s not the whole picture. Your movement patterns, stress levels, and even sleep quality all impact what’s happening in your microbiome.

Let’s dig into how your body responds to movement — and how it directly shapes the internal terrain of your gut.

What Actually Impacts Gut Health?

Let me just start by prefacing this: you can change your body and your health, even at a microbial level.

We often assume what happens inside our body is out of our control. If something goes wrong, the…