How Your Gut Can Heal Your Brain

How a Healthy Gut Can Boost Mood and Impact Behavior

In a healthy gut, the good bacteria far outnumber the bad. But what’s going on in your head can affect the balance. “Emotional issues can help influence what lives in your GI tract,” says William Chey, MD, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. Being under a great deal of stress or feeling depressed or anxious could change the way your bowels contract and how your immune system functions, which in turn can change the type of bacteria in the small intestine and colon, he explains. Symptoms can include cramping, bloating, diarrhea, or constipation.

“The gut is a critical group of organs that we need to start paying more attention to,” says Steven Lamm, MD, the author of No Guts, No Glory. “Doing so may be the secret to improving our overall wellness.”

Cutting-edge research is currently investigating how the second brain mediates the body’s immune response; after all, at least 70 percent of our immune system is aimed at the gut to expel and kill foreign invaders.

In our quest to live a longer and healthier life, we often forget about the first link in the chain – our digestive system. And it’s only when this “second brain” begins to protest by sending pain and discomfort signals up to the conscious brain, due to either an infection or external factors, that we take action. Luckily, there are steps you can take before this happens, to ensure that your digestive tract stays healthy.

How to Keep Up On and Improve your Digestive Health

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