Getting gut curious: can gut-loving snacks still be fun to eat?

Healthy and delicious needn’t be mutually exclusive when it comes to looking after your gut

There’s so much information out there on how to keep your gut happy – spanning everything from what you eat to when you eat it – that it’s easy to get overwhelmed. As someone who’s always had what I’ll politely call a fussy gut, I spend more time thinking about what I ingest than most. It means I’ve landed on a veg-heavy diet – honestly, because I especially love the taste of green vegetables – with some red meat for iron and fish for omegas. I don’t eat much gluten. Between meals, though, I’m always looking for snacks that won’t make me crash after a sugar spike – and that’ll taste good. So I tried out a few from Holland & Barrett in my eternal search for snacks that keep me satisfied, help my gut and don’t feel like “health-food” hard work …

Tummy Love Bars with Benefits
I tried two bars from Holland & Barrett’s Tummy Love food range: the red berry and the cocoa and hazelnut. Both are gluten-free, for which my stomach was grateful, and contain calcium that contributes to the normal function of digestive enzymes.

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