The digestive system’s main job might be to break down food and keep us nourished, but that’s not all the gut is good for. One exciting area of research is examining how the gut is connected to the brain.
We’re learning that the link between these systems is more than feeling “butterflies in our stomach” when we’re nervous or “losing our appetite” when we’re upset.1 Recently, researches in Finland found a link between specific gut microbes and depression.