Podcast 111: Book Club 1 The Second Brain by Michael D. Gersh
In the first part of this book club, Dr. Meaghan Kirschling and Dr. Ronnie Kirschling discuss Part 1 of the book. Dr. Michael Gershon has spent his career studying the digestive system and its intricate role in overall health and wellness.
We are seeing so many more digestive system concerns and many functional medicine doctors focus on the digestive system as the route of all health. This was the groundbreaking book that really connects the reasons for the importance of the digestive system for nervous system, immune system, and endocrine system wellbeing.
IN THIS PODCAST WE WILL DISCUSS
What is the enteric nervous system How much of the nervous system is involved in the digestive system What is serotonin How the digestive system houses 95% of serotonin How autoimmunity and the gut are connected