This “debloat powder” actually makes the best golden milk latte

After eating copious amounts of junk food throughout the long holiday weekend, it’s safe to say my gut isn’t very happy with me right now. My daily smoothies were quickly swept away by a whirlwind of chips and dip, potato salad, and Beyond Burgers (not to mention heaping piles of french fries). At times, this left me feeling bloated and uncomfortable. It happens! And, surprisingly, something as simple as a golden milk latte is what’s helping my tummy feel normal again.

The Nue Co., which makes supplements from organic foods, has a debloat powder loaded with a mix of maqui fruit, cinnamon, ginger, turmeric, and inulin. Such anti-inflammatory ingredients, natural digestive enzymes, and prebiotics help to reduce bloat. My current bloat is due to over-indulgence, but it only takes a tiny teaspoon of the powder to diminish the discomfort. This debloat drink is delicious golden milk latte.

Blending the powder with a milk alternative creates a frothy latte with a warm kick of turmeric and ginger as well as rich notes of cinnamon. It tastes just as good as any other golden milk latte. While ginger and turmeric are well-known to help reduce bloat, the other ingredients are meant to improve your digestion as well, particularly the maqui powder, which comes from a purple tropical fruit native to South America.

“Maqui powder helps the gut lining grow and establish good bacteria that we need in order to decrease bloating and promote overall long-term gut health. It also decreases inflammation, which can be a common underlying cause of IBS, bloating, and other gut related complications,” says Maggie Berghoff, MSN, FNP. “In addition, cinnamon is extremely beneficial to the body, providing it with important nutrients, like manganese and fiber. Fiber helps ‘sweep out’ the gut, keeping your digestive system healthy. Cinnamon also protects against candida, a yeast overgrowth in the gut.”

Inulin, a prebiotic fiber naturally present in a variety of plants, is also a biggie for gut health and digestion. It helps reduce constipation, says Berghoff, and keeps you feeling full longer while encouraging the growth of good bacteria in the gut. “Inulin is especially important for bloating and gut health, because it’s not just going to supply your body with probiotics in hopes to cover up your symptoms, but will actually give your body the fuel it needs to establish and grow probiotics itself,” Berghoff says. “It’s an essential addition to any gut healing, debloating regimen.”

When natural anti-inflammatories, natural digestive enzymes, and prebiotics are used together, bloating doesn’t even stand a chance.

“You rarely want to target bloating with just one thing, because there are many reasons the bloating exists in the first place, and it requires a variety of strategies to function fully again. You want to target it from all different areas, fully nourishing the gut lining with a variety of items that will help it to not only debloat, but rebalance for longterm gut health,” Berghoff says. “Using the combination of anti-inflammatories, enzymes, and prebiotics will ensure you’re doing all you can for your body to get the results you’re after. You’ll be keeping inflammation down while supplying the body with essential vitamins and nutrients, and establishing a colony of good bacteria to prevent or reverse leaky gut, autoimmunity, IBS, and other such complications.”

Basically, you better believe all my golden milk lattes will be made using this powerful mix from now on. Preparing a warm and cozy cup is like saying “I’m sorry” to your gut.

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