The Mind Body and Soul - An Unorthodox Blog Discussion on Health and Wellness by Karin Nahmani

    The gastrointestinal tract is sensitive to emotion. Anger, anxiety, sadness, elation — all of these feelings (and others) can trigger symptoms in the gut. The brain has a direct effect on the stomach and intestines. For example, the very thought of eating can release the stomach's juices before food gets there.   Can stress give me a stomach ache? The brain-gut axis also explains how you can feel stress and emotions in the gut.  Most people have experienced butterflies before a first date or diarrhea before public speaking. These "gut feelings" are the result of stress being communicated to the gut via these bidirectional nerve pathways.  For many patients, living with unpredictable GI symptoms can be highly stressful on its own. How can I use my mind to heal my gut? Medicine is moving towards a more holistic approach to treating patients, and there is growing interest in finding non-medication treatment options. GI diseases are a great example of the positi...

Why A Healthy Gut Is So Important by Karin Nahmani  Why Is A Healthy Gut Is So Important, for that question we need to go back to Hippocrates. Hippocrates was a Greek physician who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is traditionally referred to as the "Father of Medicine”.  Hippocrates said good health starts with your gut, a healthy body start with healthy colon. It is so important to keep our body alive and healthy, especially our colon. The colon is the center of all the garbage, basically. We need to keep and maintain that healthy bacterisa detoxing so our body can actually work and function. It’s very important to have good bacteria like probiotics. Probiotics, Acidophilus Bifida‘s to have all the other system function properly. I will give you an example… Our body needs to be healthy the same way our car wants to run (or be healthy), with tune-ups. Our cars needs be tuned up every three months. Changing the oil, fluids, filte...