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Is there a disconnect between how your brain and gut communicate in IBS?

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Experiencing that sinking feeling in your gut when anxiety kicks in or feeling butterflies in your stomach when you fall in love are visible signals of the brain-gut connection. Emerging evidence suggests understanding the microbiota-gut-brain axis could be the missing key in managing IBS. The idea that the brain and gut communicate dates back to the 19th and 20th centuries, with observations by Darwin, Beaumont, and Cannon that there is a connection between your emotions, thoughts, and digestion. While research into how the gut microbiota influences the brain – and vice versa – is still in its infancy, scientists have learned three major routes through which the gut microbiota affects the gut-brain axis: Premysl Bercik, a researcher at McMaster University focused on the gut-brain connection in the context of disorders of gut-brain interaction such as IBS, explains that accumulating evidence now shows that this microbiota-brain communication occurs in mice and humans. Recent important

Is there a disconnect between how your brain and gut communicate in IBS? Experiencing that sinking feeling in your gut when anxiety kicks in or feeling butterflies in your stomach when you fall in love are visible signals of the brain-gut connection. Emerging evidence suggests understanding the microbiota-gut-brain axis could be the missing key in managing IBS. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Your brain and gut communicate in 3 different ways The idea that the brain and gut communicate dates back to the 19 th and 20 th centuries, with observations by Darwin, Beaumont, and Cannon that

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