EP 123. How anxiety affects our body: microbiota, cortisol and sleep with Dr. Sara Marín

Do you feel tired for no clear reason? Do you experience stress that affects your body, indigestion, or restless sleep?

In this episode of Your Friends the Hormones, Isabel Viña talks with Sara Marín ( @uncafecontudoctora ), doctor and expert in microbiota and women's health , about how cortisol, chronic stress and the state of the gut can influence energy, mood, digestion and rest .

We discuss when tiredness is normal and when it's advisable to get checked out, warning signs that shouldn't be ignored, and why normalizing digestive symptoms like bloating or reflux can delay diagnosis and when to stop normalizing them or consider conditions like SIBO .

We also delve into bodily anxiety and somatization : when "nothing is wrong in your head," but your body is speaking.

In the final part, we address the use (and abuse) of sleep drugs , what modern habits are ruining sleep, and a clear look at women's health: what aspects of the menstrual cycle should not be normalized and how the microbiota and hormones are more related than it seems.

An informative, practical and very down-to-earth episode to help you understand your health more clearly.