ENS enteric nervous system and irritable bowel syndrome
ENS enteric nervous system plays a very much important role in a healthy mind. maybe you don't believe it, But it is true, you can't separate the two organs of your body the mind and the stomach, healthier your mind is, your stomach will be healthy too, and vice-versa, I mean a healthy mind is impossible without healthy stomach., let us see what is the exact relationship between these two and believe me its true the brain controls the entire body and stomach is also part of our body let us see how the brain controls our stomach.
What is Enteric Nervous system and how ENS works?
the second brain is in our gut sends signals to your brain, the brain in your gut is known as the ENS enteric nervous system it sends signals to your main brain that stomach needs food. the main brain arranges the food by giving instructions to our body. when ENS enteric nervous system sends a signal that stops eating food, your brain must catch that signals of the ENS and act as ENS suggested. if you don't listen to the voice of ENS, your liver has to do extra work. It has to work for digestion of that surplus food. the liver has to release the more acid to digest the food cause stress and create more acid in the stomach. you ate more food means wastage will be more too. because your stomach is going to throw out this waste through the anus. (The anus is the opening where the gastrointestinal tract ends). The anus starts at the bottom of the rectum, the last part of the colon (large intestine). The anorectal line separates the anus from the rectum.). it's the main key to a healthy stomach is don't eat too much amount of food at once eat a little amount of food for 1 time , you have to listen carefully, the voice of your ENS if you want a healthy mind, yes healthy mind I didn't write this word "Mind" by mistake, only the healthy stomach is the key to the healthy mind , that's why our ancestors used to say. " unhealthy food will make your mind like the devil and healthy food makes your mind divine" so eat healthily and don't each too much. divide your meal.
Listen to the voice of the ENS enteric nervous system.
but you have to use your little willpower to eat less. it will be difficult to eat a fewer amount of food for the earlier stage. but after a few days of practice, you will feel like it is the best decision you have ever taken. I don't mean that you should not eat. don't eat too much food at one time. one more thing I want to share with you. Chew your food well because it helps to digest the food easily.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome and ENS:
We must keep in mind that, This second brain called ENS is totally devoted for the digestion. ENS is like an independent system which does not depend upon CNS(central nervous system) I mean ENS smoothly performs digestion which also involves secretion of enzymes which helps to digest the food and regulation of blood flow required to digest the food you eat. Dear IBS sufferers, all you know and experienced mood swings. And many experts said ENS may responsible directly or indirectly for mood swings. As per many experts, the irritation in gastrointestinal tract causes mood swings. ENS sends the signals to The CNS about irritated GI and CNS changes our mood. As many experts said ENS is independent but it is not totally independent. I mean somewhere it connected to our CNS and that is why it is our mood decider. So, can we say that the anxiety is the result of spastic colon, cramps in the stomach or abdominal pain? well, this is my logic and experience. When everything goes right and suddenly after eating some food you feel cramps and abdominal pain and irritation in GI tract and you started feeling anxious, sweating starts. mind disturbs and suddenly in few minutes mood changes. That is why I said. Anxiety is the result of IBS. in some cases people experience the reverse situation I mean they experienced IBS symptoms under stress. but, According to me, both are the possible causes. One another interesting thing I want to share with you is, ENS is independent and it works with the help of neuropeptides and small molecules like serotonin or 5HT. According to en.wikipedia.org Neuropeptides are small molecules used by neurons for communicating with each other. We assume one thing. The gastrointestinal tract connected to CNS through ENS. It means somewhere the relation or connection between ENS and CNS may play the significant role in irritable bowel syndrome. and with this conclusion, we can say that any good or bad effect on CNS or ENS affects each other. And this is the reason your gastroenterologist recommended or suggested antidepressants to treat your irritable bowel syndrome. antidepressants help to calm your irritated GI and give relief and it also helps to keep you calm.
Summary
ENS Enteric nervous system or second brain is the key role player for the healthy mind and happy mood. ENS independently controls the Digestion including secretion of enzymes causes to digest the food and regulates the need for blood flow for digestion. It conveys signals to CNS about the empty or full stomach. If you want to avoid overeating and obesity or indigestion. you must coöperate to ENS. I mean ENS needs some time to send the signals and CNS needs some time to receive. So are you giving enough time to both the Systems? make sure. For better communication between ENS enteric nervous system and CNS. chew your food slowly. it is the best practice to avoid obesity. ENS or second brain is independent and can work without CNS's help. ENS works with the help of neuropeptides and serotonin or 5-HT it means serotonin may play the key role to cure IBS. serotonin also causes gut motility it means somewhere abnormal serotonin level is a possible cause. Any natural antidepressants(if available) or any anti-depressant medicine your doctor suggested can control the IBS symptoms greatly. IBS is nothing but the abnormal Gut motility and physical and psychological things may involve. I mean bad mood, anger, stress makes your IBS worse and calm mind can heal your GUT. That is all till today. My motto is to know more and to share more and more useful information to give to healing your GUT. rich source of information about GI and GUT for more details refer this site Read the full article