Credit: iStock/DMP Yoga is well known for improving flexibility, building strength and reducing stress. Better gut health rarely makes the list of expected benefits. Yet a growing body of research suggests that yoga may help some people manage irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that affects millions of people and can cause abdominal pain and bloating, along with diarrhea, constipation or both. At first glance, yoga and gastrointestinal health might seem unrelated. But physiology tells a … Continue reading Have Irritable Bowel Syndrome? A Yoga Class Might Help
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
The Brain in Your Gut
Did you know your gut has a brain of its own? It’s called the enteric nervous system. The brain in your gut is embedded in the wall of the digestive tract. Together with your “big brain,” the enteric nervous system helps control gastrointestinal function, including the mixing and grinding of food in the stomach and … Continue reading The Brain in Your Gut