We get so focused on which probiotic to take, whether to take a prebiotic, which herbal antimicrobials to use to treat your SIBO, that we sometimes forget the most important medicine for healing your gut is REST. And the thing that probably damages gut health the most is CHRONIC STRESS.
Need to be convinced by science? When you’re in fight or flight mode, your digestion is compromised. This is your body’s way of triaging– move the blood away from the gut toward your muscles so you can more effectively run from the tiger. Your digestion will resume once you make it to safety. Great, except these days we’re running from the tiger 24/7. Our digestion never properly comes back online.
Meanwhile, the relaxation state of your nervous system is when your digestion is flowing. Relaxation is also when your body does housekeeping and heals injuries, like a damaged gut. Even if you just take 2 minutes to do a breathing exercise right now instead of scrolling Instagram, that would give your gut a 2-minute window to do some healing. Try it out!
