Stress and digestive health

Have you ever experienced a stressful situation where your tummy gets upset? Well, that is because your mental state has a significant impact on your digestive health. Thus managing stress is not only beneficial for your mental health, but it is also beneficial for your gut health too. Research says that our brain and our digestive system are intrinsically connected with a network of over 500 million neurons. The vagus nerve or the gut nerve which supplies the entire GI tract functions also supplies the heart and lungs. That is why during stressful situations, the cardiovascular system and the GI system gets affected.

When we encounter a stressful situation, our body goes into its 'flight and fight' response which releases the hormone known as cortisol. In such stressful situations, our digestive system will experience symptoms like spasms of the esophagus, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. For those people who experience chronic bouts of stress, the damage done to their digestive system is greater. Chronic stress can lead to digestive problems like inflammations, cramping, imbalance in gut bacteria, IBS, IBD, peptic ulcer, GERD, etc. So beat your stress first and save the health of your digestive system.

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