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How Your Gut Health Affects Your Mood
We’ve all heard that “gut feelings” matter, but according to Dr. Gabor Maté, they might be more *biological* than *metaphorical*. Your gut is not just a digestive organ—it’s a key player in your emotional health. With 95% of serotonin (your feel-good neurotransmitter) produced in the gut, how you digest food could be shaping your mood far more than you think.
The gut is a major center of the nervous system and has more nerves than the spinal cord. It sends much more information to the brain than the brain sends to the gut. In fact, many of our emotions are influenced by the nerves in the gut. It’s not just a metaphor when we say we had a 'gut feeling.'— Dr. Gabor Maté
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Physician & Trauma Expert
Gabor Maté is a Hungarian-Canadian physician and bestselling author known for his work on trauma, addiction, and the connection between stress and illness.
Based on Dr. Gabor Maté on Gut-Brain Connection - Spotify, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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