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Your Gut Is Your “Second Brain” — Here’s Why That Matters For Mental Health

Feeling down? Having trouble focusing? Dealing with anxiousness? You may think it’s all in your head, but did you know these issues could actually be related to problems with your “second brain”? What’s that? In scientific terms, it’s the enteric nervous system—but in everyday language, it’s your gut.