The psychobiome may be a term you haven’t heard before. It refers to the amazing connection between the gut microbiome and the brain.
We’ve always known the gut and the brain communicated (that’s why being nervous creates digestive symptoms like “butterflies in the stomach”) but new research has revealed this connection is MUCH stronger than we ever imagined.
And that matters, both because it can help explain why so many people with IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth), and other gut issues struggle with issues like anxiety, depression, and insomnia…. and because it means we can use gut health as a way to influence our mental health, too.