Food and stress: Balance required

Called "second brain" of science, the belly is the guarantor of our physio-psycho-emotional balance. If it is well proven that stress exacerbates digestive diseases, it remains to consider the converse is true: our gut influences our emotions. And yes, stress management also goes through the stomach!

Little attention in stress prevention consultation, the link between emotional disorder and food is not done spontaneously; to listen to his intestines and hang care seems less obvious. Therefore, as Sophrologue, I sometimes towards a naturopath specialized in nutrition when necessary: ​​to have good management of stress and emotions, it is also to provide an opportunity live healthier diet!

To understand…

 
Stress generates a modification of the intestinal microbiota (bacterial flora) resulting in both physiological and psychological dysfunctions; also reconsider their diet in times of stress helps support this ecosystem. Conversely, a chronic impairment of digestion cause the symptoms of stress, anxiety or depression: full circle!

Healthy intestinal system = Increased resistance to stress

 
Our stress resilience depends on the balance of our various systems (neurological, endocrine, etc.); these draw their resources in our diet, and placing it at the heart of our health. Since the discovery of the "gut-brain axis" - gut and brain communicate with the vagus nerve - we know that the proper functioning of our emotional structures resulting from the integrity of the enteric nervous system, or "second brain" - in other words, our dear guts! Due respect to the lobbies of junk food, it's a reality that we will have to cope if one aspires to wellness.

Studies like you in here in

 
Should we treat mental illness by the belly? This is the question that arises a new discipline: neuro-gastroenterology. For Dr. Natasha Campbell, neurologist and nutritionist, the intestine is the central organ of our body; it demonstrated that a gluten-free diet favors the reduction of disorders of depression, schizophrenia, and many psychiatric diseases. According Tasnine Akbaraly, researcher at INSERM, refined and processed industrial products increase the risk of depression by 58%. Let us remember that serotonin - a neurotransmitter that participates in the management of our emotions - is produced by 95% ... our gut! Beyond the multitude of bacteria it harbors, it contains not less than two hundred million neurons.

Diet "adapted", optimized stress management!

 
Every individual has different needs in connection with a separate intestinal flora whose quality depends on several parameters (mode of delivery, breast feeding, genetics, etc.). In response, Dr. Patrick Holford - Nutritionist and founder of the Institute of Nutritherapy London - calls out the "myth" of the diet "balanced" to adopt a diet "adapted" to its metabolic profile; in order to increase our resistance to disease and stress: 80% of our immune system is in the gut wall!

Magali Pettier Wagnières, naturopath - specializing in nutrition - Lyon:
"It is not enough to ingest the" good "foods in a meal as" balanced "may be, must still have a digestive system that can digest: acid reflux, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, etc. show a poor assimilation of food and thus to question. Depression, chronic stress, allergies and other intolerances are often a sign of a degraded flora; natural solutions to sustain and restore exist. Rest assured, however, the body will adapt long as it has intrinsically the faculty, and therein lies the problem: the effects of a poor diet are not immediate. "

And the fun in that?

The pleasure that is educated, it is created, it is decided! Once unaccustomed refined sugar and other troublemakers, cheeks and palate are refined; tastes evolve. Change their diet allows you to discover new flavors hitherto ignored. The most important is its ability to activate curiosity and make sense of these changes. Expand its fields of consciousness, self-empowerment deal with health, awaken the senses (smell, taste), eating and digesting "mindfulness," is a good basis for stress management work.