About 9 months ago, we wrote about the “second brain” in your gut–the mass of neurons found in your intestine that you may not have even known about. In this talk, from food scientist Heribert Watzke, explains why evolutionarily we have this second brain in our gut, what it means, and what it does. It [...]

There was an intriguing article in Scientific American last week called “Think Twice: How the Gut’s ‘Second Brain’ Influences Mood and Well-Being.” Although I work at a neuroscience company, I was unfamiliar with the “second brain.” It turns out it’s a mass of tissue in our intestines that shares many qualities with our brains–millions of [...]