Listen to episode 128:
“Stress and sugar are terrible for gut health”: Dr. Cecilia
June 25, 2023
Gastroenterologist Dr. Cecilia Minano had so many health issues as well as high stress levels. When she finally got coaching, she learned empowering boundaries and self-care that changed her life.
She tells about her childhood when she would calm her insecurities and self-soothe with sugar. With her medical background, she now knows that sugar and industrially manufactured food products can lead to dysbiosis (an unbalanced gut).
Once she eliminated most sugar from her own diet, her life changed for the better.
Cecilia explains how the physical and emotional tension in our body that we call stress affects all aspects of our physical and emotional health, including in the microbiome. And processed foods make everything worse.
Our gut health is central to our general and emotional health. For example, serotonin is made in the gut and helps to regulate mood and reactions to stress. Stress can increase blood sugar levels, and eating less sugar can help improve your gut health.
Find Dr. Cecilia Minano here.
