Jay Pasricha, M.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Neurogastroenterology. Pasricha told Hopkins Medicine : “The enteric nervous system doesn’t seem capable of thought as we know it, but it communicates back and forth with our big brain—with profound results.” This means that our gut and are brain interact with each other.An imbalance in one can cause big issues in the other.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Sarah Hawkins of Food Is Good Nutrition said: “The gut and the brain are constantly in contact. “That means that the gut is affected by many non-diet related psychological factors, including stress and anxiety.“Anything from a change of routine to a job loss, minding kids or living alone can affect them, which we’ve seen manifest as.
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