SPONSORED FEATURE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SENOCALMTummy troubles can cause more than a little upset. If you suffer from symptoms including bloating, sickness, discomfort, excess gas or cramps it can impact your life so much you're often prevented from going about your daily business. Not only can you feel lethargic and uncomfortable, but it can be somewhat embarrassing; I know first hand of the issues surrounding IBS related symptoms, as someone that rarely goes a week without having some kind of flare up that leaves me in pain and my top button undone. IBS symptoms can impact as many as one in five people, with women being twice as likely to suffer than men, and are often triggered by sugar, alcohol and highly processed foods. However, it's not just what you put in your body that can have an impact on your physical wellbeing - it's also what goes on it your mind.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great philosopher, believed that the gut was the seat of all human emotions (and it was believed until the 20th Century that this was where an element of the human soul resided too!) It's not unusual for us to get butterfies in our tummy before a big event, or to have to rush to the loo when we're super nervous, because stress activates the 'flight or fight' response in our central nervous systems and as a result normal digestion can shut down; blood flow and the contractions of digestive muscles are also reduced, which in turn decreases the secretions needed for effective digestion...