Have you ever had to make a gut-wrenching" decision under pressure?

Or were you ever so anxious that you had butterflies in your stomach?

If so, then you know how stress can affect your digestive system.

How Stress Affects Digestion

The gut is controlled in part by the central nervous system in the brain and spinal cord.

What Happens When Your Body Is Stressed?

5 Ways to Manage Stress

There are both psychological and physicalways to manage stress.

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But the same stress relieving technique might not work for everyone.

Here are five options you’re able to try:

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Get Regular Exercise

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Consider Psychotherapy

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Yoga

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Although the goal of meditation is not stress reduction, that is a side effect of this ancient practice.

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The United States of Stress 2019

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