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bacteria is turning out to be western medicine’s

biggest health opportunity ever.

3. Stress

This one threw me a bit because I always thought I

was a laid-back sort of person. Turns out I carried

more stress than I knew. It’s funny, but it’s only when I

got rid of it that I properly realized I even had it. I

could really feel the diyerence.

What are the common sources of stress for ordinary

people? It’s the usual stuy: places you’ve got to be,

your endless To Do list, relationship or health worries,

lack of sleep, endless busy-ness… All of it provokes

stress.

How important is stress – even low-level stress – if

you suyer from IBD?

It’s life-changing.

Scientists have long-known there’s a three-way

connection between your brain, nervous system and

GI tract (the gut, basically).

This ‘brain-gut’ connection has major eyects on IBD

suyerers because stress activates the brain-gut axis

– meaning when we feel stress in our brain, our gut

feels it too.