3. Eat Fermented Food
The intestines have more than 500 different types of gut flora at any given time. This flora helps to boost our immune system, digest food properly, and maintain the health of your mucous lining. Traveler’s diarrhea occurs when foreign microbes disrupt this fragile ecology. Though most cases of traveler’s diarrhea can naturally resolve in three days, it can feel like weeks depending on the severity.
One way to prevent traveler’s diarrhea is to consume fermented foods that are rich in healthy gut flora. This will boost your gut health to help you fight off bad microbes. If you already have a traveler’s diarrhea, you can still use fermented food such as kefir, miso, yogurt, and other live culture foods to restore the balance and end your torment.
Fermented food contains live beneficial microbes that are known to derail most if not all types of diarrhea, and that includes the dreaded traveler’s diarrhea.