India, Sept. 28 -- Gut wellness frequently headlines in the health discourse because of its extensive association with other organs and functions, such as the gut-brain axis or gut-immune axis. Likewise, these two-way relationships with the gut also include the heart.

Dr Kartikeya Bhargava, senior director of cardiac care at Medanta - The Medicity, shared with HT Lifestyle that gut and heart are deeply interconnected. Any change in the gut's microbiome reflects in heart health too. He said, "Disruptions in the gut microbiome, the community of trillions of microorganisms living in our digestive tract, are increasingly being linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death worldwide."

The cardiologist explained that, bas...