First of all, it is clearly a bilateral connection between your gut and your brain,

going and sending information in two ways.

And the information circulates through nerves, like the parasis sympathetic and sympathetic nerves,

like the vagus nerves.

There is a clear demonstrated connection between your brain, a physical

connection between your brain and your gut through these nerves.

But there is also obviously the blood, and in the blood a lot of metabolites out of the microbiome, like vitamins that are really important for the brain,

but also short chain fatty acids, which have been documented to have a direct impact throughout the body,

including the brain, these are released by the microbiome.

And as I spoke a little bit earlier, there is in the blood

also immune cells that spend a long time to be educated in the gut. And these immune cells

actually that are circulating constantly throughout the body are actually in a way reacting to

what's happening in the guns.

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