10 Easy Ways to Practice Random Acts of Kindness
FEB 07, 2025These small acts of kindness that can make a big difference and improve the day of another person as well as boosting your own mood and self-esteem.
Read MoreWe’re all obsessed with our guts. We hate our: big guts, beer guts, gut rolls, bloated guts (shall I continue?). We feel like we’re always working toward flat bellies, washboard abs, and lean cores. We are hard on our guts and usually embarrassed by a lot of its actions (insert “toilet flush” sound effect now). But, research is telling us that the gut (stomach, small intestine, and colon) has more control over the brain and body than we realized and that we’re all obsessed for the wrong reasons.
The brain and gut are more connected and alike than we might realize:
So what does this all mean? It means we need to start appreciating our insides for what they do in the background for us every day, and stop stressing about what form it’s taking on the outside (because you know your gut is feeling that stress!). Feeding the gut food it loves (artichoke, asparagus, endive, green bananas, garlic, onion, parsnips, whole grain wheat, rye and oats to name a few things) will not only flatten your belly but could help improve your mood, skin, energy, focus, memory and more. Feel the love and appreciate that amazing gut of yours!
These small acts of kindness that can make a big difference and improve the day of another person as well as boosting your own mood and self-esteem.
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