S1. Ep.7 Stress & the Gut

Have you ever observed how your gut behaves whenever you are under any stress? You may realize that you experience a lack of appetite, constipation, diarrhea, and slowed digestion, among other things. These symptoms are usually your body telling you to act on your stress. 

I want to talk about your gut and stress in this episode. We’ll examine how stress affects your gut and health, food allergies, sleep, and how to handle internal inflammation and stress. I’m passionate about today’s topic because I have much information to give.

There were seasons when I thought I had a functional tool kit to deal with stress. At some point, what used to work for me stopped working, and I had to return to the drawing board. I’ve concluded that what used to work for me then might not work for me now. I have to keep evolving. One thing that has remained constant is that I must keep listening to my body and paying attention to know what it needs. 

For instance, there was a time when I used to have six to eight eggs in a day. I’d have them with anything from hard-boiled, scrabbled to having in salads. After sometimes I realized they were clogging my brain, and I had to go slow on them. 

Listen in and learn more about your gut and stress. 

 

Key Talking Points of the Episode:

[05:05] Deconstructing stress

[09:34] How stress can affect your health

[12:33] Dealing with food stressors

[14:01] How I went off gluten

[16:41] What is internal inflammation, and how to fight it?

[20:25] Managing blood sugar roller coaster

[25:29] You need fibre

[27:01] How to handle stress

 

Magical Quotes from the Episode:

“90% of the worry that I stress myself out over, never happens. If it does happen, like it’s a rare to the degree that I have created in my mind.”

“We are not what we eat. We are what we absorb and assimilate.”

“Everybody has a different reaction to food. And it’s not always going to be so obvious in the sense of the physical digestive symptoms.”

Resource(s) Mentioned in This Episode:

• Erin Skye Kelly – Get the Hell Out of Debt

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