Whilst it’s true that vaginal entry is ideal, for reasons such as the acquisition of mum’s vulva microbes establishing the underpinnings of immunity, this doesn’t mean that babies who emerged from a cut across the tum-tums are scarred for life. Wash your mouth out with soap! Actually, don’t, the antimicrobial agents will destroy your good bacteria. Dine on the finest and produce your own damn good bacteria. Think cooked and cooled rice or potato, legumes, fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds and garlic. Probiotics are a useful tool for generalised gut maintenance but you already host beneficial bacteria in your gut that will multiply (for free) if you simply feed them some roughage. Okay, so in non-musical terms, my point is, without fibre, your probiotics have nothing to feed on and they’ll wither away and die. (We only got four minutes, push those pooey limits) – Connor Colon, trying his hand at song-writing

(We only got four minutes to take a dump) (we only got four minutes to take a dump) The inspiring indigestible carbohydrates that feed your colon bugs. No, not pre-drinks (unless that drink is the aforementioned Kombucha), I’m talking pre-biotics. That said, before the ‘pro’ we must tend to the ‘pre’.

Sauerkraut is the sexiest thing that’s ever happened to cabbage.

Coconut yogurt is gut-pacifying glory at it’s tangy best.

Kombucha is fizzy drink in poo-pushing form.

Myth #2 gut health begins and ends with probiotics After all, without them you’d never enjoy the basic privilege of going number 2

Sing sweet odes to my dear colon bugs.

Discuss your constipation hacks and gut-health go-tos.

How’s that for a feel good back-of-toilet-door affirmation?

Share how euphoric you feel after a good dump.

Though I’d be over the moon if Brad Pitt chaired all future gut club meetings, that’s where the similarities between the two clubs end. Oh dear, you’re confusing gut club with fight club. Myth #1 the first rule of gut club? Don’t talk about gut club Connor is going to bust 3 common myths about gut health so we can all rest easy and save our pennies in the process.

Last week I invited Ginger on to set us straight about her spicy merits and today, we are lucky enough to be joined by Connor Colon from Gut Busters (a.k.a your colon – the distal end of your digestive tract). Faced with a gut myth and don’t know where to turn? Who you gonna call? Gut busters!

Gut buster recipe