Digestive Intelligence : A Holistic View of Your Second Brain

__Digestive Intelligence__ tells the fascinating story of how our digestive systems are the centre of our bodies' second brain and how we think and live our emotions via our stomachs. Not impossible when you consider there is something equivalent to the size of a village football pitch hiding inside our bellies – that's the incredible magnitude of our digestive systems. They contain an extensive network of nerve cells, called neurons, which carry information to the brain and thus have a profound effect upon our intellectual, emotional and immune processes. Dr Matveikova answers the obvious questions: “How?" and “Why can this be so?" by explaining, in straight forward layman's language, that the digestive system contains more than one million neurones, identical to those in the brain and is responsible for producing 90% of the body's hormone, serotonin, the all-important hormone which makes us feel happy and full of wellbeing. It follows, that if our stomachs are “out of sorts" we can feel irritable, in a bad mood, lacking in energy and those feelings will block our intellectual productivity, tend to disorientate us and completely change our thought patterns and physical processes. "Resolve all your digestive problems from irritable bowel syndrome to constipation. Digestive Intelligence explores the link between "the brain in our skull and its brother down there in our gut"--The connection between emotions and digestion, the way our digestive system influences our mood and character: we think and live our emotions via our stomach! With approximately one hundred million neurons in the digestive track producing serotonin - the hormone of happiness and wellbeing - it makes sense that, when our digestive system is 'out of sorts', we too feel irritable and lacking in energy, and vice versa. Matveikova aims to assist readers in gaining a better understanding of the intelligence of the gut and solve their digestive issues. With practical explanations and advice on how to resolve common digestive disorders such as chronic constipation, heartburn, IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), GERD (acid reflux) and peptic ulcers, discover new information about the digestive system and learn about a number of holistic approaches for resolving these common conditions. Matveikova, a traditionally trained medical doctor, embraces much of the wisdom found in complimentary forms of medicine and combines medical science with psychology and natural health approaches"--Cover Digestive Intelligence tells the fascinating story of how our digestive systems are the centre of our bodies’ second brain and how we think and live our emotions via our stomachs. Not surprising when you consider there is something equivalent to the size of a village football pitch hiding inside our bellies--that’s the incredible magnitude of our digestive systems. Dr Matveikova answers the obvious questions: “How?” and “Why can this be so?” by explaining, in straight forward layman’s language, that the digestive system contains more than one million neurones, identical to those in the brain and is responsible for producing 90% of the body’s hormone, serotonin, the all-important hormone which makes us feel happy and full of wellbeing. It follows that, if our stomach is “out of sorts” we feel irritable and lacking in energy; and those feelings block our intellectual productivity, disorientate us and completely change our thought patterns and physical processes. Explores the connection between emotion and digestion and offers advice on how to resolve common digestive disorders, including chronic constipation, heartburn, irritable bowel syndrome, and peptic ulcers