Welcome to our first ever Lazy Girl’s Guide #LGG Series where we share our love of shortcuts, life hacks and quickies.

You’ll see us go above and beyond in search of fast-track fixes for women living their best but increasingly busy lives. 

Did you know research shows that microbiome plays a huge role in immune function, hormonal balance and our moods (maybe my mood swings aren’t just because Mercury’s in retrograde but my microbiome may be unhappy and trying to tell me something?)

Now that we know prebiotics can be consumed through green tea and artichokes, how can we get our hands on more probiotics?

• Kefir
• Kombucha
• Natural Yoghurt
• Sauerkraut 
• Kimchi
• Miso

Easy right?  But if you think it’s as easy as going into any old chemist and grabbing a packet of probiotics then you’re sorely mistaken.  “Not all probiotics are made equal and many have very basic and minimal strains of probiotics that won’t have a huge impact on our body”.  Look out for high quality, low processed forms that contain a wide variety of strains. 

WOAH, this is a lot of information to digest. So what we need to take away from all of this is:

• • Prebiotics are a food source for our microbiome.
  • Probiotics are a type of live friendly bacteria found in our gut.
  • The microbiome is basically like a gang of bacteria, fungi and microbes in and on our body.
  • We need to look after our microbiome in our gut and on our skin because they talk to each other, and if our gut is unhappy, then our skin will show it!

To keep everything in check, we need to drink green tea and kombucha, eat artichokes, asparagus, kimchi, sauerkraut and kefir.  Great!  What if we tell you, you don’t need to chew through kilos of kimchi to get results but instead, take a shot first thing every morning. 

YES! Our #LGG answer to beautiful skin is Tummify.

Michaela is an advocate of Tummify as it’s a food source of probiotics, not highly processed, has a mixture of pre and probiotics including Kefir and has 13 strains of probiotics which is one of the highest amounts in Australia.

Disclaimer: this is not the cure, but an aid to beautiful skin. A healthy routine is advised, exercise, high fibre diet, plenty of sleep, and water in addition to probiotics contribute to beautiful skin from the inside out.

THE PRODUCT

Tummify Probiotics $31.80 for 20 pack (weekly, fortnightly, monthly subscription, free delivery)

THE REVIEW

If you like natural Greek yoghurt then you’ll love Tummify! 

It tastes just like a pot of natural yoghurt but not as thick. I personally wish it was slightly sweeter but that’s not the difference between loving or hating it; just a personal preference.

Tummify is low lactose as well, so the first couple of days I personally felt a little gassy but that could be because lactose doesn’t always agree with me.  However, this did subside after a few days of daily use. 

Must this mean my digestive system is welcoming Tummify with open arms?

Photography: Lucy Alcorn

Styling: Vira Anekboonyapirom