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Get to grips with healthy eating!

We’ve all got guts. Around 25 feet of them, in fact. That’s a lot to get your head around! In this post, we’re getting to grips with healthy eating. This post follows on from getting to...

9th January 2026

Guts UK's brand illustration character of the gut, smiling proudly, wearing a cape. There is also a red apple, red fish and a yellow banana around the gut.

Our Christmas and New Year opening hours

Guts UK will be closed for a short break over the festive period. We are closed from midday on Wednesday 24 December until Monday 5 January at 9am. We will not be available to respond...

17th December 2025

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Eryn’s gastroparesis story

Eryn was diagnosed with gastroparesis in 2024. Since her gastroparesis diagnosis, Eryn and her friends and family have raised over £5,000 for Guts UK.

12th December 2025

Eryn is standing in a gym wearing a blue Guts UK running vest and black shorts. She also wears black and white trainers.

Get to grips with your gut health at Christmas

If you celebrate the festive season, many of us can tend to ‘overindulge’, and our diets and eating habits change. Many social aspects of festive celebrations revolve around food and drink, and this can feel...

11th December 2025

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Sharan’s Crohn’s disease story

In 2001, Sharan woke up one day with diarrhoea and abdominal pain. She thought it was the heavy, spicy Indian food she had at her cousin’s wedding, but her symptoms didn’t stop. By 2002, she...

4th December 2025

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Pull up a chair, let’s talk guts this festive season.

Many people with digestive conditions or symptoms don’t want to feel like a ‘pain’ to others. As we head into the festive season, with dinners, parties and family gatherings on the horizon, it can feel...

29th November 2025

Guts UK's boy brand character is stood up with his hands on his hips, smiling. He has a feeding tube going into one nostril and three festive baubles are to the right of him. Text reads 'Let's talk guts this festive season.'

Get to grips with poo testing!

Getting your poo tested by a commercial company may be interesting if you are curious about what bacteria are in there. But it shouldn't be used to find out why you're not feeling well or...

27th November 2025

A simple, circular graphic icon on a dark background features a white toilet viewed from above, with the seat and lid up. To the right of the toilet, there is a clear, labeled sample collection tube with a bright yellow-green cap. The tube contains a brown liquid or solid substance, indicating a collected stool sample for testing. The overall image is set against a dark blue circular background, suggesting a medical or health-related process like a stool test. Text reads