Abdominal Logic

Deep within the walls of your digestive tract lies a complex network of over 500 million neurons. This is the Enteric Nervous System (ENS), and it is so massive and chemically intricate that scientists refer to it as the "e;second brain."e; Astonishingly, if the vagus nerve connecting it to the brain in your head were severed, the gut would continue to function entirely on its own. The ENS doesn...