Life Alive – 30 Plant Challenge

This January, celebrate positive eating with Life Alive’s 30 Plant Challenge!

The challenge is inspired by one of the largest microbiome studies conducted by the American Gut Project, which shows that eating at least 30 whole, diverse plants per week can have a positive impact on your gut microbiome.

There are 40 trillion microbes residing in our gut, each performing a unique function and each craving different plant nutrition to thrive. Thus, diversifying our plant intake enriches our gut bacteria, and a healthy gut can help everything from blood sugar regulation to digestion, immunity, mood and much more.

Challenge Details: 

Pick a week in January to eat at least 30 different plants.

• Track every different vegetable, fruit, whole grain, legume, nut and seed as 1 point. Herbs and spices count as ¼ point each.

• Follow along @lifealivecafe for educational resources, daily trivia and most importantly, a healthy gut microbiome!

To help keep score, we’ve created this help tracker to log your weekly plant count.

How to Win:

• Tally and share the diverse plants you eat in a post or story on Instagram and tag #30plantschallenge.

• Each Sunday in January, we’ll pick a participant from the past week at random to be rewarded with a $25 gift card and Life Alive merch.

Click here to learn more.