Healthy GUT, Healthy MIND
Did you know that we not only have one brain, but rather two? The second brain is located in our GI tract and is referred to as the “gut brain.” It functions much like our “big brain,” releasing mood-stabilizing hormones such as serotonin. In fact, it’s estimated that 90 percent of the body’s serotonin is produced in the gut brain.
It’s long been known that our big brain communicates with the gut—think of the sayings “follow your gut” or “feeling butterflies in my stomach.” But recent research suggests the
