7 Reasons Your Red, Flushed Face May Start in Your Gut

You've tried the prescription gels, the pharmacy serums, the green concealer and the wellness-blog tips. The redness and flushing keep coming back. If that sounds like you, the missing piece may be somewhere you have never looked: your gut.

Here are seven reasons why a growing number of women are starting their skin routine from the inside.

1Bacteria in the wrong place

In one published study of people with rosacea, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) was found in 52 of 113 patients (about 46%), compared with 3 of 60 healthy volunteers (5%). These bacteria are invisible, they live in the gut, and they are a very different target from anything you can rub on your cheeks.

2Creams only reach the surface

Gels, serums and concealers work on the outside of your skin. Researchers describe a two-way conversation between the bacteria in your gut and your skin, called the gut-skin axis. A routine that never looks at the gut skips half the conversation.

3A thin, worn-down gut lining

Your gut lining is the wall between the inside of your gut and the rest of your body. Cells of the small intestine use the amino acid L-glutamine as a fuel, and slippery elm bark has long been used as a soothing botanical for the digestive tract. Both are in every Manna sachet (500 mg L-glutamine and 1.7 g slippery elm).

4The gut-brain nerve

Your gut talks to your brain through the vagus nerve. When your gut is unhappy your stress response can get louder, and stress is something many people with flushing say they notice on their face. Supporting a healthy gut-brain axis is a different place to start than another cream.

5Most probiotics are not built to last

Manna uses Bacillus coagulans, a spore-forming probiotic. Spores build their own armored shell, which is why this type is designed to make it through stomach acid. Each sachet has about 1 billion CFU, and the strain (MTCC 5856) has been studied in a published randomized pilot trial.

6It is honey, not another capsule

The base of the sachet is 9.6 g of raw wildflower honey, a food people have eaten for thousands of years. Tear, enjoy, and move on with your day. No measuring and no mixing, which makes it easy to stay consistent.

7You can try it with no risk

Your gut does not change overnight, so Manna comes with a 100-day money-back guarantee. Take it every morning for 100 consecutive days. If you do not love it, you get your money back.

Raw honey + Bacillus coagulans + slippery elm + L-glutamine in one sachet.