The nutritionist explained how stress affects digestion

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Stress negatively affects all body systems. Travna is no exception. The nutritionist explained in detail how much stress has a harmful effect on the body.

“The digestive system is one of the most vulnerable to the effects of stress. The stress hormone cortisol has extremely adverse effects on the work of the entire gastrointestinal tract,” says the expert.

When the body feels danger, blood goes first to the brain to help it make the right decision in a difficult situation. At this time, the organs of the gastrointestinal tract experience a lack of blood flow, which leads to disruption of digestion processes, deterioration of the absorption of vitamins and other nutrients.

If such stressful situations occur regularly and for a long time, the gastrointestinal tract experiences a constant lack of blood, triggers irreversible processes leading to pathologies.

Under stress, the body slows down the production of saliva and other enzymes, without which there can be no question of full-fledged digestion. There is a constant feeling of heaviness in the stomach, defecation may be disturbed (more often it is constipation).

Stress and nervous tension inevitably lead to spasm of the gallbladder and its sphincters, the outflow of bile is disturbed.

Also. with chronic stress, a slowdown or, conversely, an acceleration of motility and peristalsis is often observed. Here, everyone reacts individually, some may have diarrhea, and others constipation.

Due to spikes in blood glucose under the influence of cortisol, there is a high risk of developing insulin resistance.

To normalize digestion and restore normal intestinal functions, it is necessary to fill the deficiency of enzymes, normalize stomach acidity, eliminate spasms, normalize intestinal microflora, prebiotics and probiotics will help with this.