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Summer is traditionally associated with vacations, warm evenings on terraces and refreshing alcoholic cocktails with ice. When we talk about the harm of alcoholic beverages, most people immediately think of the liver or cardiovascular system.

The "all-inclusive" vacation format is for many synonymous with the perfect vacation: no worries about cooking, lots of restaurants, unlimited drinks and relaxation by the pool. However, for our body, such a sharp transition from working days to a gastronomic paradise often turns into a real disaster. Instead of ease and recovery, travelers are massively faced with such problems as heaviness, acute bloating on vacation , heartburn, constipation or unexpected diarrhea.

In the summer heat, the desire to quench our thirst with something cool and refreshing often leads us to the shelves with kvass, kombucha or kefir. Traditionally, it is believed that such fermented drinks are almost an elixir of health for our digestion. Marketers convince us of the presence of "live bacteria", and folk medicine has been promoting kvass for years as the best way to improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. But is this really so?

Summer heat often brings with it not only a dream vacation, but also exhausting, sleepless nights. When the temperature in the bedroom does not allow us to relax, we toss and turn in bed, and in the morning we feel broken. However, fatigue and decreased concentration are only the visible tip of the iceberg. Modern 4P medicine proves that the real blow from lack of sleep is taken by our "superorgan" - the microbiome of the gastrointestinal tract.