Health Go with YOUR GUT
What does the gut do?
By using your five senses, you can tune in to your gut.
SOUND: The rumbles and groans generated in your abdomen are caused by the propulsion of gas and fluid through different regions of the gut.
The fluid is a mixture of food, drink and digestive juices, and the gas may either be swallowed air, or carbon dioxide generated by the combination of acid and alkaline digestive juices in the stomach.
These noises are more obvious when you are hungry or nervous.
SIGHT: Faeces can differ in colour, but black and tarry stools can indicate bleeding in the small intestine or stomach, while pale stools accompanied by dark urine could indicate gall stones.
FEEL: Abdominal pains are most likely due to spasm, but if
