Eat Guiltless Desserts While Healing Your Gut

Having a plan for your sweet tooth before taking on an elimination diet can help with feelings of deprivation and even satisfy your brain’s reward system. 

Using unrefined and fermented ingredients can turn dessert into a more healthy indulgence. Courtesy of Donna Schwenk

Believe it or not—it’s unnecessary to give up all delicious treats on your journey to better gut health—though many are deterred before they even begin by the idea of sacrificing sweets.

If going sweet-free is the reason you’ve been holding back on making changes to your eating patterns, some experts say having an action plan for dealing with your sweet tooth may give you the incentive to take better nutritional care of yourself.