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Good sleep starts in the gut

By Manal Mohammed, Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster

You might think good sleep happens in your brain, but restorative sleep actually begins much lower in the body: in the gut.

The community of trillions of microbes living in your digestive tract, known as the gut microbiome, plays a powerful role in regulating sleep quality, mood and overall wellbeing. When the gut microbiome is balanced and healthy, sleep tends to follow.…

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