I Counted Grapes for My Gut Health

Three servings daily. Exactly three. I read the study and thought I'd finally cracked the code. I bought a food scale just for grapes. Weighed them into perfect portions, stored in glass containers. My gut bacteria were going to be optimal. Two weeks in, I felt nothing. No magical gut transformation. No metabolic boost. Just the familiar weight of another food rule I'd created for myself. I kept going anyway. Thirty days post-study, I was still counting grapes like they held the secret to fixing whatever was broken inside me. The irony wasn't lost on me—obsessing over gut health while my relationship with food grew sicker by the day. But at least my Streptococcus thermophiles were thriving, right? Some habits die hard. I still buy grapes in threes. #HealthAnxiety #FoodRules #ControlIsExhausting #Health #Diet