Over half of us Brits find talking about bloating and general gut health “embarrassing”. But sufferers of IBS know only too well that things don’t always, ahem, run smoothly.
What is the gut? It’s a long tube that starts at your mouth and ends at your anus. Also known as the gastrointestinal tract, it processes food and drink from the moment you consume it to the moment the body absorbs or excretes it. Spread out flat, it would cover an entire tennis court! 70% of your immune system is located in your gut and an unhealthy balance in its microbiome impacts your whole body.
So how we feel emotionally can influence the sort of physical symptoms we get. It works the other way round too. What’s happening in your gut can influence your mood – it’s actually where 80% of the feel-good hormone serotonin is produced. Probiotics – good bacteria – can be found in live yoghurt, fermented foods such as sauerkraut, and food supplements like Symprove. Prebiotics feed this good bacteria and can be taken in supplement form or found in foods such as asparagus, bananas, berries, tomatoes and garlic.
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