IF YOUR NIGHTLY DETOX CONTAINS SENNA, HERE’S WHAT WAS HAPPENING EVERY NIGHT YOU TOOK IT.

The front of an overnight detox box tends to say gut support, detox or plant-powered. The back is where the ingredients actually live, and on many of these products two names sit near the top of the list: senna leaf and cascara sagrada, often followed by an enzyme blend and some prebiotic fibre.

Senna and cascara are stimulant laxatives. Senna is the active ingredient in Ex-Lax, and cascara works the same way. Listing them as plant extracts is accurate, but it doesn’t tell you what they do, which is why so many people take them for months without realising they’re on a laxative.

Checking your own box takes ten seconds. Turn it over, find the ingredient list and look for those two names. If they’re there, the rest of this page explains what that has meant every night you took it, and what to do next.

The usual guidance on stimulant laxatives is clear: use them for no more than about a week unless a doctor tells you otherwise. Regular use over longer periods can leave the bowel relying on them to move at all.

Overnight detoxes are often sold on subscription and taken every night, sometimes for months or years. Very few people taking them know about the one-week guidance, because it rarely appears anywhere near the words gut health or detox on the front of the box.

If you’ve been taking one for months, the safe next step is a conversation with your doctor before you stop or change anything. That isn’t a reason to panic. It’s simply the right way to come off something your body may have got used to.

Korē Daily Gut is a different kind of product. It’s one sachet stirred into water once a day before bed, made for daily use rather than a short cleanse. Inside is a 4-fiber prebiotic blend, DigeZyme® digestive enzymes and fennel.

There’s no senna, cascara, aloe or sorbitol in it, and no stimulant laxative of any kind. The prebiotics feed the good bacteria already in your gut, and the enzymes help break down your meals. If you’re new to fibre, start with half a sachet for the first few days.

If you’ve been on a stimulant detox for months, talk to your doctor before switching and follow their advice on stopping. Korē Daily Gut isn’t a way off laxatives. It’s a daily routine with nothing on the label you’d need to look up.