We usually think of our bodies as a collection of separate organs. We might say we have bad digestion (gut) or anxiety (mind). In fact, each of our body systems communicates to others. There are hormones, neurotransmitters and other chemical messengers flying all over the place. For example, people who have anxiety often have gut issues, too; there’s a two-way superhighway between the brain and the gut that’s key to mood.
So what happens when one body system goes wrong? There are knock-on effects on all the other body systems. When our hormones are out of whack or we have gut issues or we are stressed, our metabolism does not work properly. We get into a vicious cycle of not absorbing crucial nutrients, being hungry all the time, storing more food as fat or not releasing
