Rarely Aware, These Daily Habits Can Damage Usus Health

JAKARTA - Habits that are done daily are very influential on the health of the organs of the body, including the intestines.

Usus has an important role in the body, ranging from digesting food, maintaining immunity, to regulating daily energy.

Optimal gut health includes diverse and stable microbiomes, minimal digestive symptoms, and inflammation resistance, said nutritionist Janelle Connell, RDN, quoted from Real Simple, on Friday, September 5, 2025.

However, unfortunately there are a number of daily habits that are rarely realized that can interfere with the health of the intestines.

Berikut kebiasaan tersebut yang sebaiknya diubah untuk kesehatan intestinal lebih optimal.

1. Lack of sleep

Sufficient and quality sleep greatly affects the health of the intestines. If sleep is often not enough and irregular, then the body's natural cycle of sirkadian will be disrupted, which has an impact on the diversity of good bacteria decreasing and bacteria increasing which can worsen the health of the intestines.

"Microbials of your intestines follow the same rhythm as yours," Connell said.

2. Consumption of the same food every day

Eating the same food every day is very practical. However, such a monotonous diet can harm the health of the intestines because it limits the diversity of nutritional intake for the body.

Consumption of the same food over and over again, although healthy, means we limit the diversity of our nutrients, added dietisturanny Moon, MS, RD.

As a result of this habit, the diversity of gut microbiomes is reduced. Therefore, start to add new fruits or vegetables at least once a week to provide a variety of nutrients for the body.

3. Menghindari karbohidrat

Karbohidrat sering dipandang buruk, padahal tidak semua jenis karbohidrat berbahaya untuk tubuh.

Menghindari konsumsi karbohidrat berarti mencegah tubuh mendapat asupan karbohidrat kompleks yang baik untuk usus.

“Menghindari karbohidrat berarti Anda tidak mendapatkan karbohidrat kompleks yang mendorong pertumbuhan bakteri usus yang bermanfaat,” jelas Moon.

Tanpa asupan karbohdirat, pertumbuhan bakteri sehat bisa terhambat. Dengan itu, mulailah memasukkan karbohidrat kompleks ke dalam menu makan harian Anda secukupnya, salah satunya adalah roti.

3. Avoid carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are often seen as bad, even though not all types of carbohydrates are harmful to the body.

Avoid consuming carbohydrates means preventing the body from getting good complex carbohydrate intake for the intestines.

'Avoiding carbohydrates means you don't get complex carbohydrates that encourage beneficial growth of intestinal bacteria,' explains Moon.

Without carbohydrate intake, the growth of healthy bacteria can be hampered. With that, start inserting complex carbohydrates into your daily diet sufficiently, one of which is bread.