The Connection Between the Gut and the Brain

When we are growing in our mother's womb the gut and brain are formed from that same tissue. 95 percent of serotonin is made in the gut stored in the gut 50 percent of dopamine is make in the gut certainly the gut so inflammation is implicated in just about every health problem under the sun with the brain included. The old thought of the brain was that it was immune privilege straight there the brain had the blood brain barrier and it there was no such thing as neuro inflammation but now we know the brain has its own whole set of immune system called microglial cells.

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