How to improve gut health for mental health?

The gut is truly our second brain. When I was feeling very anxious and bloated, I started drinking warm cumin-fennel (jeera-saunf) water in the morning and eating fresh dahi with lunch. It calmed my digestion, and honestly, my mind felt so much lighter and calmer after a week.

I noticed that whenever I am super stressed about work, my stomach gets upset instantly. I started eating fiber-rich foods like oats and apples, and I drink buttermilk during the day. It really helps keep both my gut and my mood quite stable.

Look, if you keep eating spicy street food and drinking late at night, your gut will be on fire and your mood will be irritable. Clean up your diet first. Eat simple, timely meals, cut down on sugar, and you will see your mental clarity improve automatically.

There's a lot of science behind the gut microbiome producing serotonin. I cut out processed foods and started taking kefir and kombucha to boost my gut bacteria. The brain fog cleared up drastically within two weeks of doing this.