Skewers, sugary drinks, and alcohol on the same table create a 'perfect storm' for the gut microbiome. We break down why bloating, heaviness, and fatigue follow a feast, and how to restore microbiome balance.

For most people, vacation is a long-awaited time of relaxation, change of scenery and gastronomic pleasure. We happily taste exotic dishes, enjoy local cuisine, allow ourselves desserts, alcoholic cocktails and late dinners, often neglecting the usual sleep and wakefulness regime. However, returning to the daily work routine is very often overshadowed by physiological discomfort.

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.

Holiday feasts are a time of joy, socializing, and, inevitably, gastronomic excesses. Traditional holiday dishes are usually oversaturated with animal fats, simple carbohydrates, sugar, and alcohol, but at the same time critically low in fiber. For our body, such a sharp shift in diet is not just a burden on the liver or pancreas, but a real shock to our main "superorgan" - the intestinal microbiome