5 healthy tonics to improve your digestion and fight inflammation

In time for the holiday season, here are five recipes and drinks to help you beat bloat and inflammation and improve your digestive tract.

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A healthy gut and digestive tract isn’t just important for, you know, normal and comfortable bowel movements; it’s also been increasingly linked to important body mechanisms, including mental health and even your workouts.

Basically, healthy digestion is imperative to your well-being as a functioning member of society. But with bloating and inflammation causing pretty much everything, this year we’ve been pretty obsessed with sippable health- (and gut-) improving tonics and tinctures.

With holiday your holiday plate likely full of stress (and treats!), you could probably use a refresher course on some of the best ways to bust your bloat.

Keep scrolling to see 5 different health tonics.

1. An immune-boosting ACV shot

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2. An energy-boosting turmeric tonic

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3. An after-dinner digestive chai

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4. The inflammation-fighting, immunity-boosting ginger shot

5. Can’t decide? This quiz will tell you what to take

If you’re not exactly into the idea of an ACV shot, this quiz will help you figure out how to get your fix, or you could incorporate it into your bath routine

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