How Stress disrupts the digestive system
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When stress is present, your body transitions to fight-or-flight mode, inhibiting your Vagus nerve & digestive system.
Your Vagus nerve tells your body if it's in danger or if it's safe.
It's a simple switch & our digestive system will function based on the nervous system response.
Stress is one of the leading root causes of digestive issues.
When we are stressed the digestive system slows down because our body is prioritizing the nervous system response.
In todays world, we're much more stressed by life demands, subconscious limiting beliefs, and either suppressing, running or hiding from our emotions that our nervous system is often in "survival" mode. The Flight & Fight response.
You see, our body doesn't know the difference between a tiger chasing us, or worrying whether your going to get to work on time.
This is how stress alters digestion:
•Decreases stomach acid, leading to slow digestion, Bloating & reflux
•Delays the emptying of your stomach where you can feel full & uncomfortable and experience reflux
•Impairs the Liver & Gallbladders ability to digest fats & remove toxins
•Decreases Pancreatic enzymes which are needed to break down food
•Decreases motility which slows down the movement of foods through the digestive system
This is how stress alters digestion:
•Creates Inflammation in the digestive system which can cause constipation, Diarrhea, Abdominal cramps & bloating
•Dysregulates your appetite & satiety hormones, impacting your cues of hunger
•Increases intestinal permeability like leaky gut, dysbiosis, Constipation, Diarrhea, and Bacterial overgrowth like SIBO
•Affects how you absorb nutrients from your food which can lead to fatigue
Feeling stressed or overwhelmed? Have you noticed how this has been impacting your digestion? Or have you been experiencing digestive issues for some time now and can now identify that stress is the cause?
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Let me know in the comments if this resonates with you 🙏
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