{"id":23478,"date":"2025-12-10T18:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=23478"},"modified":"2025-12-10T18:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:40:19","slug":"how-sleeping-on-your-left-side-improves-gut-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=23478","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHow Sleeping on Your Left Side Improves Gut Health\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You\u2019ve probably heard it before: \u201cSleep on your left side\u2014it\u2019s better for digestion.\u201d But is this just an old wives\u2019 tale, or is there science behind it?Surprisingly, there\u2019s solid anatomical reasoning showing that left-side sleeping can support smoother digestion, reduce heartburn, and even improve gut motility\u2014especially after meals or for people with acid reflux or IBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your digestive system isn\u2019t symmetrical, and that matters:Sleeping on your left side allows gravity to assist this natural flow, helping food move smoothly and waste travel toward elimination.Your lymphatic system, which helps remove waste and support immunity, drains mainly into the thoracic duct on the left. Some experts suggest that left-side sleeping may help lymphatic flow, indirectly supporting gut health and inflammation balance. (Research is limited, but the idea is intriguing.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve probably heard it before: \u201cSleep on your left side\u2014it\u2019s better for digestion.\u201d But is this just an old wives\u2019 tale, or is there science behind it?Surprisingly,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":159,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23480,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23478\/revisions\/23480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}