THE JOURNAL

The Journal

Editorial on gut health, the food we love, and the women the wellness industry forgot.

BLOATING

Bloated After an Indian Takeaway? Here's Why (and the Fix)

Curry night shouldn't end in a food coma. Why takeaway curry, rice and naan bloat you harder than home cooking — and how to stay comforta...

BLOATING

Why Do I Bloat After Pasta and Bread? The Carb Bloat Mechanism

Pasta, bread and the 6pm balloon: it's fermentation, not 'eating too much'. The mechanism behind carb bloat — and what actually works.

INGREDIENTS

Alpha-Galactosidase: The Enzyme That Digests Beans and Lentils

The one enzyme humans don't make — and the reason beans, lentils and chickpeas bloat almost everyone. Here's how alpha-galactosidase works.

BLOATING

Do Lentils Cause Bloating? Why Daal Does That — and What Helps

Lentils contain sugars no human enzyme can digest — so your gut bacteria do it instead, and the gas is the bloat. The fix isn't skipping ...

BLOATING

Why Does Indian Food Make Me Bloated? The Complete Guide

Indian food isn't the problem — the collision between complex carbs, legumes and dairy and an under-equipped gut is. Here's the mechanism...

Overhead editorial flat-lay photograph of five South Asian gut-friendly foods arranged on a warm linen tablecloth, shot from directly above.

EDUCATION

5 South Asian Foods Your Gut Actually Loves (And 3 To Eat With Care)

For 30 years, you've been told to swap your roti for rye and your dal for kale. Here's the actual science: most of what your nani cooks i...

A south asian woman at a dining table hand in a plate of biriyani, wearing a green silk shirt laughing at a dinner party

BLOATING

Bloated After Biryani? Here's What's Actually Happening in Your Gut

You ate the biryani. The plate is empty. Now the trousers won't button and you're rehearsing the lie about being 'so full' before pudding...

the aftermath of the meal. The visual moment every reader recognises — the table after the biryani is gone. Empties, crumbs, a folded napkin.

BRAND STORY

The Biryani Tax: What South Asian Women Pay to Eat the Food They Love

Every brown woman has paid it. Sometimes it's a £40 supplement that doesn't work on our biology. Sometimes it's the side-eye at the docto...

Three generations of South Asian women sharing a meal at a warmly lit dining table

BRAND STORY

What the Wellness Industry Got Wrong About Brown Women

For thirty years, wellness was sold to us in someone else's body, with someone else's food, and someone else's biology. Here's what it co...