If you wake at 3am with a busy mind, a bloated stomach, and a body that feels wired yet exhausted, your nervous system may be silently preventing your gut and hormones from healing.

Why the gut matters — more than you think The gut is far more than a food-processing tube. Your gastrointestinal (GI) tract doesn’t merely digest and eliminate food — it interacts with your immune system, your nervous system (the so-called gut-brain axis), your hormonal regulation and even your mood. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine.......