The Second Brain “Have you ever wondered why people get butterflies in the stomach before going on stage? Or why an impending job interview can cause an attack of intestinal cramps? And why do antidepressants targeted for the brain cause Qute Balance Forskolin nausea or abdominal upset in millions of people who take such drugs? The reason for these common experiences is because each of us literally has two brains–the familiar one encased in our skulls and a lesser-known but vitally important one found in the human gut Like Siamese twins, the two brains are interconnected; when one gets upset, the other does, too” So writes science journalist Sandra Blakeslee for the New York Times Indeed, the human digestive tract contains over one million nerve cells, about the same number found in the spinal cord There are actually more nerve cells in the overall digestive system than in the peripheral nervous system Furthermore, major neurotransmitters found in the brain–including serotonin, dopamine, glutamate, norepinephrine and nitric oxide–occur plentifully in the gut as well Enkephalins–described as the body’s natural opiates–also occur in the intestinal tract, as do benzodiazepines, psychoactive chemicals similar to mood-controlling drugs like Valium and Xanax Jordan Rubin describes the “brain-gut” connection very well in his book The Maker’s Diet: ” Early in our embryogenesis, a collection of tissue called the ‘neural crest’ appears and divides during fetal development One part turns into the central nervous system, and the other migrates to become the enteric nervous system Both ‘thinking machines’ form simultaneously and independently of one another until a later stage of development

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