gut microbiota are the micro organism including bacteria archaea and fungi that live in the digestive tracts of human and other human being including insects the gastrointestinal metagenome is the aggregate of all the genomes of gut microbiotadietitian gauri anand suggests few ways to improve your gut healthl swap out the refined food foods like stocks and skins it act as a kind of scrub brush where it helps to move things alone and helps to promote gi motility so the movement of things through our gi tract help to keep us regular which is very important for gut healthl probiotics prebiotics prebiotics are actually what helped to feed the bacteria that lives in our colon the microbes its actually the fuel source for them and so prebiotics are basically kinds of fiber and carbohydrate found in certain kind of foodsl get some polyphenols polyphenols are certain compounds found in different kinds of food that actually do have prebiotics properties to them but they are very antioxidants rich and antiinflammatory as well as like blueberries are great source of these polyphenolsl take a few deep breathe before eating it helps to activate our parasympathetic nervous system which governs that rest and digest state so it helps us to better and more efficiently digest our food when we are calmed and when we are relaxed and when we are stressed out of our bodyl exercise exercise actually benefits our micro biome so the microbes that reside in our gut actually thrive off of exercise if you are ever feeling like bloated or gassy or constipated getting up and moving in some way doesnt have to be crazy but just getting your body moving can help to stimulate the bowels