Gut Health: Stress, Mindfulness and the Microbiome
Stress and the Gut Microbiome
Stress and Mindfulness.
How do these all connect?
Gut health is something we can talk about for ages isn’t it? We can talk about how what we eat, household mold, candida and even exercise affect the gut!
What about stress and the gut?
Stress could be THE word for 2020, and even 2021. We know stress affects all aspects of our bodies, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. The gut affects all aspects of our health, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
When we stress about food and body, we impact the bacteria in our gut, and this affects our moods, joint health, and may increase risk of chronic disease.
Let’s look at how the gut microbiome is impacted by stress and how we can support it with something that is free.
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Sources:
Cherpak, Christine E. “Mindful Eating: A Review Of How The Stress-Digestion-Mindfulness Triad May Modulate And Improve Gastrointestinal And Digestive Function.” Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.) vol. 18,4 (2019): 48-53.
Kelly John, Kennedy Paul, Cryan John, Dinan Timothy, Clarke Gerard, Hyland Niall, “Breaking Down the Barriers: The Gut Microbiome, Intestinal Permeability and Stress-related Psychiatric Disorders” Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience.2015 Vol 9 p 392 https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncel.2015.00392 DOI=10.3389/fncel.2015.00392
Househam AM, Peterson CT, Mills PJ, Chopra D. The Effects of Stress and Meditation on the Immune System, Human Microbiota, and Epigenetics. Adv Mind Body Med. 2017 Fall;31(4):10-25. PMID: 29306937.
Breit, Sigrid et al. “Vagus Nerve as Modulator of the Brain-Gut Axis in Psychiatric and Inflammatory Disorders.” Frontiers in psychiatry vol. 9 44. 13 Mar. 2018, doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00044