Unfortunately, in this modern world, our thoughts, our perceived-stress, our eating and drinking habits, our technology, workload and many more; are not allowing the body to attain homeostasis. When stress has been experienced for too long, it wreaks havoc within the body system.
The first place to be affected is the digestive system – the gut. WHY IS THIS?
When you are stress, the body does not need to work on digestion. However, it needs to bring sufficient blood flow to your hands and legs instead, in order to allow you to fight or flight. When no enough blood is supplied to our digestive system, it will affect the microbial activity in our gut and also impede the immune system residing in the gut. When this happen, it encourages more bad bacteria to grow and lowers the number of good bacteria, thereby creating conditions such as constipation, acid reflux, indigestion, low energy, skin allergies and other discomfort. When the bad bacteria outnumber the good ones, it can affect one’s mental health too.