Emotional Health and SIBO with Leslie Meyers | Ep.79

Understanding how your emotional health and wellbeing influences
and affects your gut health can be a light bulb moment on your
SIBO journey. This week Rebecca is joined by Dr Leslie Meyers, a
Naturopathic Doctor with a particular interest in
gastrointestinal issues. Rebecca and Dr Meyers discuss the
gut-brain axis, the effect of anxiety and a heightened nervous
system on your digestion and why self awareness is a big part of
the gut health puzzle.








Why understanding the relationship between your gut and your
brain is so important

How the gut-brain axis works

How anxiety and stress stimulates our sympathetic nervous
system

Why the parasympathetic nervous system works best when we are
at rest

Making positive changes to eating habits to encourage good
digestion

How probiotics can help to increase the conversion of
tryptophan to serotonin in the gut

Using probiotics and why identifying the ones that will work
for you is important

The difference between probiotics and prebiotics

Why nourishing ourselves is a big part of self love and self
worth

Finding supportive practices to help you reduce stress

Identifying where to start with addressing your own emotional
health

Moving forward with confidence once you’ve begun to address
your emotional health






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