My Digestion is Horrible, Even with Good Eating Habits… What gives?
If you’re struggling with a sensitive digestive system, this might sound familiar to you –
- Going out to eat with friends and watching them enjoy their dessert, while you hide your bloated stomach and discomfort. It’s embarrassing.
- There’s an important meeting happening for work, but you’re sitting at your desk in pain as your bloated stomach digs into your waistband.
- Constantly wondering if your next destination has a bathroom, and the fastest route to get there. It causes anxiety.
Does it seem like you’ve tried it all?
- Restrictive diets
- Detox routines
- Supplement programs
- Exercise
- Medications
- The list goes on…
When you feel lost on your healing journey, there could be several underlying causes of your digestive discomfort. The Miley Clinic has found that the most overlooked causes of digestive discomfort are hormone imbalances and nutrient deficiencies. Your hormones dictate how your body functions each day – and they require a special amount of vitamins & nutrients to properly maintain your health.
Let’s look at the top 3 hormone and vitamin imbalances that could be impacting your digestion…
1) Cortisol – the stress hormone.
You guessed it. Stress can throw your digestive system into constant panic.
When you experience something stressful during the day, your body releases cortisol to cope with the incoming emotions. What happens when your body produces too much cortisol – or never stops?
It leaves you feeling constantly exhausted – your digestive system will start to overwork, cramp, and fail to manage the overabundance of stress.
If your cortisol levels are notoriously high, you can assume that your digestive system is taking some of the damage. You’ll start to feel
- Bloated
- Nauseous
- Loss of your appetite
2) Magnesium
Magnesium is an essential mineral that regulates your digestive health and energy production, among other vital processes like absorbing vitamin D.
Magnesium deficiencies can leave you feeling…
- Nauseous
- Exhausted/Depersonalized
- Weak
- Irritable/Depressed
- Constipated
Constipation is one of the most common symptoms of a Magnesium deficiency. Traditional dietary programs can lack foods high in magnesium, leaving you constipated and bloated.
Note that you might not experience symptoms until your Magnesium levels are critically low… It’s important to regularly check your vitamin/mineral levels to ensure your digestive system is in good health.
3) Estrogen & Progesterone – critical for women with digestive disorders
These two hormones fluctuate throughout the month in women – they control how much pain you might feel with your symptoms, as well as how fast you digest food.
As you progress through your cycle each month, you might notice that your symptoms fluctuate
- Stomach pain/cramping
- Bloating
- Fluctuating diarrhea/constipation
Ensuring that you have normal levels of estrogen and progesterone could be the first step to identifying why you cannot pinpoint your digestive symptoms
Our team is always available to answer questions you might have about the impact of your hormones on your digestive system.