Long before the microbiome became a research focus, Victorian physicians were already linking gut health to emotional states and societal wellbeing, in ways that feel strikingly familiar today
An overview of interoceptive anxiety: how gut disturbances activate brain networks associated with stress and anxiety, and why fiber-rich diets may matter as much as psychotherapy.
Cooling cooked starches like potatoes and rice converts them into resistant starch — a fiber-like compound that feeds beneficial gut microbes rather than spiking blood sugar.
When stress became the default explanation for gut disorders, patients with genuine physical disease were routinely dismissed.
It is hearty and filling, and thanks to the barley it should be a good source of resistant starch when reheated.
Here are a couple simple strategies some readers use for anxiety.
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