Gut Healthy Vegan Sushi Bowl

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This Gut Healthy Vegan Sushi Bowl is a fun and easy way to get your nutrients in and diversify your gut microbiome. It’s essentially a deconstructed sushi roll packed with our favorite, colorful plant based ingredients. If you’re looking for easy lunches that take under 30 minutes, can be meal prepped, and improve gut health, you will LOVE this vegan sushi bowl!

How to Make a Vegan Sushi Bowl:

Diverse & Nutrient Rich​

Did you know it’s recommended to eat 30 different plants per week in order to have a diverse and strong gut microbiome? Recipes like this vegan sushi bowl easily pack in a whole bunch of plants that quickly add up to those 30 plants.

Here are all of the ingredients used in this Vegan Sushi Bowl:

• Jasmine Rice.
• Edamame.
• Kimchi.
• Cucumber.
• Radish.
• Avocado.
• Maple Miso Tofu.
• Furikake.
• Spicy Mayo.

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Gut Healthy Recipe

In order to maintain a healthy gut, it’s important to not only eat 30 different plants per week, but also to include pre and probiotics, manage stress, avoid unnecessary antibiotics, exercise regularly, and limit added sugars and highly processed foods. This may sound like a tall order upfront, but the benefits of having a healthy gut are life changing.

Here are a few of the amazing benefits of keeping a healthy gut:

Improved Digestion & Nutrient Absorption: A healthy gut helps break down food efficiently, ensuring that your body absorbs essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals. It also helps prevent digestive issues like constipation, diarrhea, bloating, and gas.

Strong Immune System: A significant portion of the immune system is located in the gut. A healthy gut flora helps to strengthen the immune system, making you less susceptible to infections and illnesses.

Improved Mental Health: The gut-brain axis is a communication network that links the gut and the brain. A healthy gut can positively influence your mood and mental health. Gut bacteria produce neurotransmitters like serotonin, which play a key role in regulating mood, anxiety, and depression.

Weight Management: A balanced gut microbiome helps regulate metabolism and can contribute to maintaining a healthy weight. It influences how the body stores fat and how it responds to hunger hormones.

Reduced Inflammation: A healthy gut helps control inflammation throughout the body by maintaining the balance of pro- and anti-inflammatory molecules. Chronic inflammation is linked to numerous diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.

Skin Health: There is a connection between gut health and skin conditions such as acne, eczema, and psoriasis. A healthy gut can help reduce inflammation and improve skin health.

Hormone Balance: A healthy gut helps regulate hormones, including those involved in appetite, stress response, and sleep. It plays a role in the metabolism of hormones like estrogen. A healthy gut helps break down food efficiently, ensuring that your body absorbs essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals. It also helps prevent digestive issues like constipation, diarrhea, bloating, and gas.

{If you like this recipe you’ll love my AIR FRYER CRISPY RICE and my WATERMELON TUNA TARTARE.}