A healthy immune system starts with your gut
Learn how to support your family’s immune system this winter by nurturing a thriving gut microbiome and help relieve common cold symptoms.
It’s winter – a time when colds are more common1 and having a healthy immune system is all the more important.
Fun fact: More than 70 per cent of our immune cells are in the gut!2
One of the ways you can support your immune system health is by laying the foundations for a healthy microbiome – the community of beneficial bacteria and other micro-organisms that call your gut home. And one of the hallmarks of a healthy gut microbiome is diversity.3
Here are three simple ways you can increase the health and diversity of your gut microbes so you can also support a healthy immune system this winter.
#1: Eat a healthy, varied diet
Consuming a variety of plant-based foods can not only help support microbiome diversity4, but also help to provide important nutrients and antioxidants to support a healthy immune system.5
#2: Include fermented foods in your diet
Think yoghurt, kefir, fermented cottage cheese, kimchi and other fermented vegetables. Fermented foods have also been found to increase the diversity of gut microbes.6
#3: Exercise regularly
Research7 suggests regular exercise supports a healthy gut microbiome.
Nurturing your gut ecosystem
Additionally, you can support your immune system by taking a probiotic supplement.8
When choosing a probiotic supplement that is right for you, look for one that supports your specific health needs.
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So instead of hibernating this winter, why not take some simple steps to support a healthy microbiome and immune system so that you can thrive, not just survive!
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1 Healthdirect, retrieved July 2024 from https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/flu
2 Wiertsema et al, 2021, Nutrients 2021 March, 13(3), 886, retrieved July 2024 from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8001875/
3 Better Health Channel, Gut health, retrieved July 2024 from https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/gut-health
4 Jacobs, 2023, Effect of Plant-Based Diets on Gut Microbiota: A Systematic Review of Interventional Studies, Nutrients, 15(6), 1510, retrieved July 2024 from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10057430/
5 Nutrition Australia, Supporting your immune system, retrieved July 2024 from https://nutritionaustralia.org/app/uploads/2021/02/Supporting-Your-Immune-System.pdf
6 Stanford Medicine News Center, Fermented-food diet increases microbiome diversity, decreases inflammatory proteins, study finds, retrieved July 2024 from https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/07/fermented-food-diet-increases-microbiome-diversity-lowers-inflammation
7 Mailing et al, 2019, Exercise and the Gut Microbiome: A Review of the Evidence, Potential Mechanisms, and Implications for Human Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, 47(2), 75-85, retrieved July 2024 from https://journals.lww.com/acsm-essr/fulltext/2019/04000/exercise_and_the_gut_microbiome__a_review_of_the.4.aspx
8 Cleveland Clinic, Probiotics, retrieved July 2024 from https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/14598-probiotics
9 Hojsak et al, 2009, Lactobacillus GG in the prevention of gastrointestinal and respiratory tract infections in children who attend day care centres: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, Clinical Nutrition, 29(3), 312-316, retrieved July 2024 from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261561409002039?via%3Dihub; and Hojsak et al, 2010, Lactobacillus GG in the prevention of nosocomial gastrointestinal and respiratory tract infections, Pediatrics, 125(5), e1171-1177, retrieved July 2024 from https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/125/5/e1171/72478/Lactobacillus-GG-in-the-Prevention-of-Nosocomial?redirectedFrom=fulltext
10 Hojsak et al, 2009, Lactobacillus GG in the prevention of gastrointestinal and respiratory tract infections in children who attend day care centres: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, Clinical Nutrition, 29(3), 312-316, retrieved July 2024 from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261561409002039?via%3Dihub; and Dekker et al, 2022, Comparison of two probiotics in follow-on formula: Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis HN019 reduced upper respiratory tract infections in Chinese infants, Beneficial Microbes, 13(4), 341-354, retrieved July 2024 from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36004715/
