SPOTLIGHT MONDAY: Gut Health and Emotion Stress

What this episode covers

On today's Spotlight Monday, Tina as a Nurse Practitioner specializing in gastroenterology, shines the light on gut health and how it is directly tied to stress, through what is known as the “gut-brain access." She explains how the brain effects the gut and the gut affects the brain communicates. She also shares how this plays a critical role in mental health disorders, and physical illness such as depression or anxiety and how it co-occurs with inflammatory bowel disease. She provides helpful hints for eating well and staying healthy during times of extreme stress and traumatic situations. So come ride along with us! https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-about-trauma/202202/what- gut-bacteria-can-teach-us-about-mental-health https://www.firehouse.com/safety-health/health-fitness/article/53059314/gut-health-and-its-importance-in-the-firefighters-lifestyle