It Turns Out, This Is The Reason You Must Maintain Digestion For Physical And Mental Health

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JAKARTA – A healthy diet has a big impact on health. Not only physical health, but also mental health.

Based on recommendations reported by Harvard Medical School, Thursday, September 2, the connection between the gut and the brain is not a conclusion without scientific investigation. Even the opposite connection, brain activity also affects digestion.

For example, when experiencing something that hurts the heart and feelings, a person may feel nauseous, do not like to eat, or eat a lot. In other situations, approaching the exam, have you ever felt butterflies flying in your stomach?

It is also scientifically explained that expressions and emotions can affect the digestive tract. When angry, anxious, sad, happy, all these feelings can trigger certain symptoms in the gut.

The brain has a direct effect on the stomach and intestines. For example, when you imagine a delicious dish, your stomach will growl shortly after.

The connection between the gut and the brain goes both ways. The troubled brain will also send signals to the intestines. Therefore, stomach or intestinal disorders experienced by a person can be the cause or result of anxiety, stress, or depression.

If you have experienced indigestion without a clear cause. So try to identify psychological conditions, when emotions are inclined to be negative then the origin of digestive problems is answered.

Psychology combines physical factors to find the cause of pain and symptoms experienced in the intestines. Psychosocial factors also affect the actual gut physiology as well as the symptoms. The findings, a person's psychological factors can affect movement and contractions in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

Many cases also experience functional gastrointestinal disorders with acute pain. This is because their brains are more responsive to pain signals from the GI tract. And stress makes the pain worse.

Some studies with a psychological approach have a greater impact on healing than just medical treatment. So, are all the symptoms of diarrhea, constipation, heartburn, and stomach cramps always related to stress?

Although not all digestive problems are related to the mind or brain work, maintaining a healthy diet, healthy lifestyle, managing stress, and consulting a doctor are necessary for your health.