I was considering adding "Fast" to the end of this title (as a well-trained SEO lapdog that I am), but then remembered my own story of how I naturally got rid of constant bloating (and I do mean constant). So, I chose to drop the misleading time stamp and tell the story.

How to improve gut health was once an issue only when a person got some GI distress (as a centerpiece on its own or a sidepiece of some other disease) and was left with a decimated flora. Today, we know that most of our immunity is produced, resides in, and is dispatched from and by the gut microbiome. We know that gut health is the foremost barrier to the organism and that all nutrients are broken down and absorbed in the deep, dark recesses of our ancient and personal biomes.

Is sugar addiction real? Yes. At Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory or Hansel and Gretel's cabin of imprisonment, all is edible, made of sugar and spice, and everything nice. The sugar-laced gastronomical landscape of today is akin to these fairytale-ish wonky worlds of prediabetes. Sweet in the beginning, sugar addiction is really bad news long term.

When discussing nutritional supplements, collagen, and proteins have been the latest thing - filling our TikTok feeds as well as beauty magazine pages. But what would happen if we merge these two?