Did you know that the brain-gut connection is at the core of our overall well-being?
Remember that visceral “gut feeling” you had when you decided to walk down one road instead of the other? What about those butterflies in your stomach that took off before you spoke up in class for the first time?
Scientists are learning that the intimate relationship between the gut and the brain is bidirectional; your brain sends butterflies to your stomach and your gut relays its state of anxiety to the brain.
And during stressful situations, the brain basically changes the entire performance of our digestive system. When there’s stress at one end, there’s bound to be stress at the opposite end as well.
