The digestive difficulties that come with occasional holiday overindulgence are partly attributable to changes in the microbial community within your digestive tract. Here’s how to give your microbes a little TLC, both before and after the festivities.
Distracted in the middle of a loud, crowded holiday party, I looked down at my plate and saw an enormous pile of shrimp tails and assorted paper chocolate wrappers. “Stop putting things on my plate,” I hissed at my husband, who was standing beside me. He shook his head innocently. I hadn’t possibly eaten all those goodies. Or had I?