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Your Gut Is Your “Second Brain”
This gut-brain axis connection is something we look at very closely in functional medicine. This axis describes the special relationship between your gut health and how your brain functions. Because of how much the gut impacts your brain and mental health, some call the gut the “second brain.”
For example, anxiety and depression have been linked to lower levels of Lactobacillus helveticus and Bifidobacterium longum in the gut. (7) It always amazes me what bacterial and yeast problems I find in the lab…