Your stomach doesn’t feel right
Diarrhea, constipation, bloating, nausea, and heartburn are classic symptoms of problems in the gut. “Gastrointestinal discomfort—especially after eating carbohydrate-rich meals—can be the result of poor digestion and absorption of carbohydrates,” Fischer says. Reflux, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel disease, and colitis have all been linked to an imbalance in the microbiome.
You’re hankering for certain foods
Craving foods, especially sweets and sugar, can mean you have an imbalance of gut bacteria. “If there’s an overgrowth of yeast in the system, which might happen after a course or two of antibiotics where you wipe out all the good bacteria, then that overgrowth of yeast can actually cause you to crave more sugar,” Fischer says.
