By Carla Oates
One of the most frequent questions we get asked at The Beauty Chef HQ is which product is right for me? And more specifically, how to transition from one to the other?
This is particularly important if you have been taking our GUT PRIMER Inner Beauty Support in isolation and are looking to transition to GLOW Inner Beauty Essential—our bestselling beauty powder for radiant skin and gut health. While all of our inner beauty products have been formulated to work synergistically together to enhance and amplify the effects of one another, if you are dealing with a more serious gut health issue such as leaky gut or digestive discomfort, we always recommend beginning with GUT PRIMER Inner Beauty Support.
To help you navigate the difference between these multitasking formulas and learn how to transition from one to the other, here’s everything you need to know…
The Difference Between GUT PRIMER And GLOW
Let’s start with GLOW—it’s the OG, after all. As a holistic daily inner beauty powder, GLOW Inner Beauty Essential contains 18 Certified Organic wholefoods including bio-fermented maqui berries, queen garnet plum and pomegranate fruit peel extract—as well as vitamin C to boost collagen production and zinc to support healthy hair and nails. It’s the product that pioneered an entire category: inner beauty—and it’s become a cult product across the globe due to its many health and beauty benefits. Our supercharged GLOW formula also contains provitamin A, broad-spectrum B vitamins and prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics (thanks to our exclusive bio-fermentation process, Flora Culture™) to support general digestive health and promote radiant, luminous skin from within. If you’re new to inner beauty and not sure where to start, it’s the essential product that we recommend for almost everyone. And no matter what stage you’re at in your inner beauty journey, you will reap the rewards of adding this beauty to your daily routine.
If, however, you are someone who has dealt with (or a dealing with) more complicated gut health issues—such as leaky gut—or you experience symptoms similar to IBS such as bloating or digestive discomfort, gas or constipation, we recommend you start with GUT PRIMER Inner Beauty Support, our holistic gut repair powder. Designed specifically to help calm and soothe the gut, this restorative inner beauty powder is a medicinal and herbal superfood supplement that contains a unique blend of herbs and nutrients that have been specifically selected for their gut-healing properties. Bio-fermented papaya, aloe vera, peppermint and l-glutamine combine with turmeric, slippery elm, liquorice and milk thistle—which have each been used in Western herbal medicine to support digestive health, help maintain gut wall integrity and treat leaky gut—for a nourishing, natural solution for gut health issues and treatment for leaky gut. Notably, unlike our other inner beauty products, GUT PRIMER is not bio-fermented and does not contain probiotics as it’s important to nurture, heal, repair and restore the gut before giving it a boost of probiotics. For some people with digestive health issues, probiotic supplements and fermented foods can exacerbate their digestive symptoms, so if your gut is inflamed, irritated or not functioning to its full potential, it’s important to heal and calm your digestive system first and foremost. Enter: GUT PRIMER.
Why Transition To GLOW From GUT PRIMER
The good news is, once you’ve completed a course of GUT PRIMER Inner Beauty Support—and you feel like your digestive symptoms have subsided—you can transition to GLOW Inner Beauty Essential (and our other inner beauty formulas) by simply adding a teaspoon of GLOW to your daily routine. Many of our customers continue to take GUT PRIMER in conjunction with GLOW—as they either love the taste or feel that GUT PRIMER helps to keep their symptoms at bay—but others simply transition off GUT PRIMER and develop a more targeted inner beauty routine using GLOW as their foundation.
Rest assured, there is no wrong or right way to take GUT PRIMER and/or GLOW—as the beauty of our formulas is that they are designed to support you on your personal health, beauty and wellbeing journey. What is important to remember, however, is that as everyone’s skin and health symptoms differ, you’ll also find that the results you experience will vary depending on your current state of health, your skin type and your overall gut health.
Recommended Intake
Whether you enjoy these products in isolation or combination—you can enjoy 1 teaspoon of GLOW each day by simply mixing with water or your favourite smoothie. Likewise, GUT PRIMER should be taken once a day with food by mixing 1 tablespoon in water or your favourite gut-nourishing smoothie.
If you’re still unsure where to start or whether you’re ready to transition from GUT PRIMER to GLOW, our simple Your Remedy quiz will help you to determine the perfect products for you!
