Can’t sleep? Or do you find yourself constantly waking up at night? The answer to getting a good night’s sleep could actually be linked to what’s going on in your digestive system. Gut health and sleep are bedfellows—and if you can improve one, the other will follow.
That’s because gut microbes don’t just digest the food we eat, explains Dr Manal Mohammed, a senior lecturer in Medical Microbiology at the University of Westminster in London: “A healthy gut microbiome supports better sleep by producing sleep-regulating neurotransmitters like serotonin and melatonin, reducing inflammation and modulating stress hormones,” she says.
