Digestive Health Benefits: 7 Surprising Ways to Boost Your Gut Wellness

Seven surprising shifts you can make today to boost digestive health benefits: diversify your fiber intake with a wide range of fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains; add fermented foods like yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, kimchi, or miso to meals; include polyphenol-rich plants such as berries, leafy greens, onions, tea, cocoa, and olive oil to feed beneficial bacteria; prioritize quality sleep to support gut repair; manage stress through breathing, mindfulness, or movement; stay hydrated by sipping water throughout the day; and move your body daily to boost gut motility. To translate these tips into real-world digestive health benefits, InnerBuddies offers a white-label Gut Health Operating System that powers gut microbiome testing for brands and direct-to-consumer programs. You can explore consumer options on the InnerBuddies microbiome test page, which brings you a clear readout of your gut health status. The system also includes a Gut Microbiome Health Index, a 0–100 score derived from an exclusive IP deal with EAFIT University in Colombia, and a view of Bacteria Abundances showing how you compare against a healthy cohort. In addition, Bacteria Functions are categorized and labeled as positive or negative, with performance against the healthy cohort shown for each functional pathway. The platform supports Target Group Analysis—digging into pathways relevant for Healthy Aging, Endurance Sport, Skin & Hair Health, and more—plus Personalized nutrition advice that uses your three-day food diaries alongside stool data, and Personalized probiotics and prebiotics recommendations tailored to your unique microbiome. These tools turn knowledge into action, delivering practical digestive health benefits you can feel in your daily routine. By linking what you eat with how your gut microbiome responds, InnerBuddies helps you optimize digestion, energy, and overall wellness. The system is modular and scalable, designed for seamless integration into consumer programs or brand offerings, so you can move from insight to habit with confidence. And if you’re looking for ongoing support, you can pair the microbiome data with a subscription: the InnerBuddies gut health membership provides continued guidance and updates as your microbiome evolves. Whether you’re a consumer, clinician, or partner, InnerBuddies also offers direct-to-consumer gut test solutions and a robust B2B pathway. All options available to our B2B partners are also available directly to consumers, with tools like Personalized nutrition and probiotic/prebiotic guidance designed to improve digestive health benefits over time. If you’re a brand looking to power your own microbiome testing product, learn more about partnering with us at the InnerBuddies partner program and discover how a white-label Gut Health Operating System can elevate your offerings.