How this simple sweetcorn trick can reveal a lot about your gut health

How simple sweetcorn trick can reveal a lot about your gut healthSource: Lorraine

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00:00Gut lag can occur and cause things like bloating and digestive ill health.

00:04So there's a test. You can do a simple test using sweet corn kernels

00:08because these aren't digested by the gut.

00:10They come out the other end looking very much the same, right?

00:13So if you were to take a couple of tablespoons of sweet corn kernels

00:19and observe what happens in the loo,

00:24if you're passing those things within 12 to 24 hours,

00:27your gut is probably pretty healthy.

00:30If it takes shorter than that, you're not absorbing nutrients,

00:33going through too quickly.

00:35Yes.

00:35But if it's a lot longer than that, you might be having a bit of a sluggish gut.

00:39Oh, OK.

00:40In which case you might be getting more symptoms.

00:42So that's a good... The sweet corn test has been around for a while.

00:45I did not.

00:45Not many people know about it.

00:46Honestly, every day...

00:47But it's a way of assessing what we call bowel transit time.

00:50Right, right.

00:50The time it takes for things to go through.