Listen To Your Gut

Hippocrates was so right in saying that disease begins in the gut. So often people forget that their digestive system starts at their mouth, and what they put into it can affect how well they feel, how much energy they have, AND what diseases they get.

In 1942, Lindlahr published You Are What You Eat: how to win and keep health with diet. And from the early 1800s it has been well published that the food we eat has a bearing on our state of mind and health. So this is not new news.

Today, there are studies showing that there are a network of neurons lining our gut, which affect our mood and disease states. This is known as our second brain and there are more neurons in the gut than either the spinal cord or peripheral nervous system.

A lot of information is transmitted from our gut to our brain. The digestive process from the mouth to the anus may have a huge influence on our moods, depression, developmental disorders in early childhood, and possibly the immune system. Listen to your gut feelings, they may be telling you more than you think.

 

 

Reference

Think Twice: How the Gut's "Second Brain" Influences Mood and Well-Being

by Adam Hadhazy