One of the most complex body systems is the digestive system. It has so many connections beyond just getting nutrients from food (such as inflammation, immunity etc.) For many of the same reasons you can have “GUT-BRAIN” connections that can affect how the brain functions, how much inflammation it has and many other things.
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Some resources:
FREE article “The Brain on Fire”: https://www.consultdranderson.com/?s=Brain+on+fire
Johns Hopkins news: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/healthy_aging/healthy_body/the-brain-gut-connection
Gut-Brain and Microbes: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4367209/pdf/AnnGastroenterol-28-203.pdf
Psychology Today review: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201404/the-gut-brain-connection-mental-illness-and-disease
Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gut-second-brain/
