The Strange Location of Your Second Brain
The trillions of bacteria in your gut have more of a relationship with your brain than you may realise. Over on Alltime Numbers: The Human Body in Numbers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgdBtPdHSY...
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If you've ever had a “gut reaction” to something, gone with a “gut feeling” orhad a “gut-wrenching” experience; you probably didn't realise we use these termsfor a reason.In our gut lies our enteric nervous system and it’s often called our second brain.We have the same number of neurons lining our long tube of gut as we do in our spinalcord. And our gut is capable of reacting–like causing cravings for a taco–without evencommunicating with our first brain.We have a community of bacteria living in our gut called our microbiome. It’s influencedby what you eat, your genes, age, stress levels an even where you live. Certain bacteria thrivedepending on what you eat, and we’re starting to realise what it can do. Our microbiomecan c...
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If you've ever had a “gut reaction” to something, gone with a “gut feeling” orhad a “gut-wrenching” experience; you probably didn't realise we use these termsfor a reason.In our gut lies our enteric nervous system and it’s often called our second brain.We have the same number of neurons lining our long tube of gut as we do in our spinalcord. And our gut is capable of reacting–like causing cravings for a taco–without evencommunicating with our first brain.We have a community of bacteria living in our gut called our microbiome. It’s influencedby what you eat, your genes, age, stress levels an even where you live. Certain bacteria thrivedepending on what you eat, and we’re starting to realise what it can do. Our microbiomecan c...
