Your bowels have a deep bond with your mind!

Health: Your bowels have a deep connection with your mind! + + + + + + Chairman, Institute for Digestion and Liver Care, S. L. Raheja Hospital Mumbai Do you know, your stomach also decides your mood? The stomach and brain constantly talk to each other. This connection between the brain and the stomach is called ‘intestinal brain axis’. Know about the expert: Dr. Vinay Deer there are many microbes in our intestines. These microbes affect our mood, thinking and mental health. In fact, the good bacteria present in the intestines send signals to our brain on continuously and also produce chemicals such as serotonin and Gaba that control the mood. It helps with mood and stress control. If the balance of these microbes is disturbed in the intestines, also called dysbiosis, then digestive problems occur and inflammation in the intestines can increase. As a result, the signals from the stomach to the brain change, and the person may experience symptoms such as restlessness, tension or depression. Studies have also confirmed that people struggling with problems such as depression or anxiety often have an unbalanced balance between microbes in their guts. One thing is clear from this that our bowel health has a direct link to mental health, and if the bowel health is improved, mental health can also be improved. Fiber-rich diet, probiotics, prebiotics, the necessary improvements in diet, fecal microbiota transplantation, etc. Help with the treatment of dysbiosis. If you have been working in the treatment of mental disorders, the person’s health of the person is also working to improve the person’s health, then it will be very effective. Click here for more stories of life and style