Gut-Brain Axis
Up until recently, scientists had minimal understanding of how our GI tract and brain are connected. Until this new research I naively figured the only connection was my tummy telling my brain when I was hungry. As it turns out there is a very strong bidirectional interplay between the brain and the GI tract and a major fulcrum is the gut microbiome. The ENS (enteric (GI) nervous system) interacts with the intestinal membrane and its immune cells. Changes in the…