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Your brain doesn't think alone.

There is another brain hidden in your stomach, 500 million neurons, more than the entire spinal cord.

Dr. Michael Gershon of Columbia University called it "The Second Brain."

And it's talking to your brain right now. 🧠↔️🫁

News that will make you look at antidepressants differently:

Serotonin "happiness hormone" → 95% produced in the gut → not the brain

That means...Your mood depends more on your gut health than you think.

But how do bacteria in our stomachs send a "message" to the brain?

Through a nerve called the Vagus Nerve, it's like a "straight line" between the gut and the brain.

Prof John Cryan of University College Cork spent his entire life studying the subject and found that...

Good bacteria → good sign → good mood

And here's the most shocking story:

70-80% of your body's immunity is not in the blood, not in the bone marrow.

But in the gut, in a system called GALT.

It means → Poor intestines = Poor intestines. Good intestines = Good intestines.

Summary of what science tells us in 2024:

Gut = 2nd brain, gut = pleasure factory, gut = immune fortress

But most people take care of the brain in their head and forget to take care of the brain in their stomach.

# Probiotics # Gut # Health # GutHealth

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... Read moreเมื่อได้อ่านบทความนี้ ผมรู้สึกทึ่งกับการที่ลำไส้ของเรามีบทบาทเกินคาดคิดต่อสมองและอารมณ์จริง ๆ ด้วยประสบการณ์ส่วนตัว ผมเคยประสบปัญหาความเครียดและอารมณ์ซึมเศร้า ก่อนที่จะเริ่มหันมาดูแลสุขภาพลำไส้ด้วยการรับประทานอาหารที่มีโปรไบโอติก เช่น โยเกิร์ตและเครื่องดื่มที่มีจุลินทรีย์ดี เช่น คอมบูชา รวมถึงเพิ่มผักและผลไม้ในมื้ออาหารประจำวัน จากนั้นอารมณ์ของผมดีขึ้นอย่างเห็นได้ชัด และผมรู้สึกมีพลังมากขึ้นในทุก ๆ วัน การศึกษาเรื่อง "สมองที่สอง" หรือ The Second Brain ที่ซ่อนอยู่ในลำไส้นั้น ทำให้ผมเข้าใจว่าลำไส้ไม่ได้เป็นแค่ส่วนของระบบย่อยอาหารเท่านั้น แต่ยังเป็นแหล่งผลิตเซโรโทนิน ซึ่งเป็นสารเคมีสำคัญที่ส่งผลต่อความสุขและอารมณ์อีกด้วย การที่เส้นประสาท Vagus Nerve ทำหน้าที่เหมือนสายตรงเชื่อมโยงระหว่างลำไส้และสมอง ช่วยให้เราเห็นภาพชัดเจนว่าแบคทีเรียในท้องสามารถส่งผลต่อความรู้สึกและสภาวะจิตใจได้จริงๆ นอกจากนี้ ระบบภูมิคุ้มกันที่อยู่ในลำไส้ในรูปแบบของ GALT ก็เป็นอีกหนึ่งกุญแจสำคัญในการรักษาสุขภาพที่แข็งแรง เมื่อเราดูแลลำไส้ด้วยโภชนาการที่เหมาะสมและรักษาสมดุลของแบคทีเรียในท้อง เราจะสามารถเสริมสร้างความแข็งแรงให้กับภูมิคุ้มกันโดยรวมของร่างกายได้ด้วย ผมมองว่านี่เป็นข้อมูลที่หลายคนอาจมองข้าม เพราะปกติมักจะเน้นดูแลสมองที่อยู่ในหัวเท่านั้น แต่ลำไส้ซึ่งเป็น "สมองที่สอง" ก็สำคัญไม่แพ้กัน การหมั่นใส่ใจสุขภาพลำไส้ เช่น การรับประทานอาหารที่มีไฟเบอร์สูง โปรไบโอติก และลดอาหารแปรรูป รวมถึงการจัดการความเครียดอย่างเหมาะสม สามารถช่วยเสริมสุขภาพจิตและระบบภูมิคุ้มกันให้ดีขึ้นได้อย่างยั่งยืน การเข้าใจและดูแลสมองทั้งสองส่วนนี้พร้อมกันจึงเป็นแนวทางใหม่ที่น่าสนใจและมีประสิทธิภาพสำหรับใครที่ต้องการมีสุขภาพดีทั้งกายและใจในปี 2024 และอนาคตต่อไป

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