Good Sleep = Good Gut?
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You have approximately one hundred trillion bacteria, fungi and viruses, collectively known as microbes,living on your hair, skin and inside of your intestines. Together this happy communityis called your microbiome. A healthy microbiome helps you digest food, process nutrients andtrains your immune system to work properly.But these microbes also have a mind of their own. Your microbiome can affect your mood,stress levels and even your sleep.When you have a bad night’s sleep your body doesn’t properly stop the production ofcortisol, the stress hormone. And a higher level of stress hormones messes with the composition,diversity and number of microbes in your gut. Having a diverse community of microbes meansa healthy microbiome. But stress hormones mean the com...
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You have approximately one hundred trillion bacteria, fungi and viruses, collectively known as microbes,living on your hair, skin and inside of your intestines. Together this happy communityis called your microbiome. A healthy microbiome helps you digest food, process nutrients andtrains your immune system to work properly.But these microbes also have a mind of their own. Your microbiome can affect your mood,stress levels and even your sleep.When you have a bad night’s sleep your body doesn’t properly stop the production ofcortisol, the stress hormone. And a higher level of stress hormones messes with the composition,diversity and number of microbes in your gut. Having a diverse community of microbes meansa healthy microbiome. But stress hormones mean the com...
