The link between digestion and mood

WHETHER it’s butterflies when in love, nausea when nervous or the gut-wrenching feeling that comes with grief, our stomachs seem to sense what we’re feeling.

Alongside lifestyle choices and what we eat, our state of mind can also have an impact on our digestive system; this process works both ways, with what we eat affecting our state of mind.

With a healthy gut potentially helping us to reduce symptoms of stress, never has the phrase ‘listen to your gut’ been more apt. Indeed, this brain-gut connection is more than just a figure of speech.