@nutritionbyjulie: Constipation that shows up during your most stressful weeks is not a coincidence 🫠 Most people immediately add more fiber or increase their water intake when things stop moving. But when the nervous system is the driver, no amount of fiber changes the signal your gut is receiving. Here is what chronic stress is actually doing to your bowel movements 👇🏻 🔬 Colonic motility drops Stress directly suppresses the enteric nervous system, the network of neurons lining your gut wall that coordinates the muscle contractions responsible for moving waste forward. Less signal means less movement. 🔬 The migrating motor complex gets disrupted This is the sweeping contraction that clears your intestines between meals. Chronic stress suppresses it, leaving waste sitting longer than it should regardless of how much fiber is in your diet. 🔬 Cortisol redirects blood flow Away from your digestive organs and toward your muscles and brain. Your gut receives less oxygen, fewer nutrients, and the muscle contractions that drive motility weaken as a result. Food is one variable. Your nervous system is running the whole operation underneath it. Check the link in our bio for our free Constipation Support Guide 👇🏻 [constipation and stress, nervous system and gut, cortisol and digestion, migrating motor complex, gut motility, enteric nervous system, root cause nutrition] #constipationrelief #guthealth #nervousystemregulation #gutmotility #rootcausenutrition

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