I have a gut feeling!
No matter how old we get, one task our brain always seems to do perfectly, is make up excuses. It's winter, it's cold and dark so I'll skip exercise today. I'm getting old, my memory isn't what it was. It's been a hard year, so I'm a bit depressed.
All real problems we experience. And perfectly reasonable causes. Right?
WRONG!
It's your gut! 😲 Sure, we all know of constipation, or irritable bowel and other obvious digestive issues. But now, we can blame not wanting to exercise, forgetfulness and depression on our gut! Stanford researchers just published findings that basically prove your gut and brain are texting each other all day long. I had a read through it so you don't have to. Fair warning, there is mention of fecal matter... Introducing gut bacteria into germ-free mice has been shown to reduce anxious behaviors in the animals! And fecal transplants from humans with depression into rats ramped up depression and anxiety-like behaviors. That means depression and anxiety can be improved by an improved gut biome. What about motivation to exercise? A study found that in mice, those that ran more on their exercise wheels had different microbiomes than their slack friends. When the researchers performed a microbiome swap via fecal transplant, the animals' exercise enthusiasm also switched.
What of your gut has a few renegade bacteria running around? Bad gut bacteria literally hijack your brain to make you crave junk food, make you feel anxious and ruin your memory. Meanwhile, good bacteria send happy messages that make you want to exercise and think clearly.
I'm not saying grab some poop from your Comrades Marathon running friend. I AM saying sort your gut, and get whole brain benefits. How to do that? Oh, I dunno, maybe some probiotics, some prebiotics, a sprinkle of enzymes and maybe some l-glutamine. Which just happen to be in The Daily Shake. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Maybe that's why Robyn gave it 5 stars and said "I definitely feel an increase in energy and focus!"
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