The Gut: Our Second Brain
Directed by Cécile DenjeanPG-13
2014 55m[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary)7.06.2
For years, scientists have known about the existence of another brain within our bodies. Our stomach functions totally independently and does far more than just digestion. It reigns over a spectacular colony of one hundred thousand billion bacteria that have a strong impact on our personalities. Some diseases of the brain, like Parkinson's, may stem from the degeneration of intestinal neurons.
