Know About The Bond Between Bacteria, Gut, And Brain

Do you know that bacteria could give you health benefits? The majority of people think that bacteria are harmful to health. But there are some bacteria existing inside the human body organs which could improve the healthiness.

 Could you believe that bacteria can improve brain health? But the bacteria in your gut could indeed improve your brain health in addition to improving the digestion process. If you are eager to find the bond between the gut's bacteria and brain, read the facts on this page properly.

What Is Bacteria? Where Is Bacteria?

Bacteria is a simple and single-celled organism that is popularly known as germs. But bacteria are not only harmful microorganisms; there are healthy bacteria's too.

If you have thought that bacteria are only present in stinky and dirty places, then you are wrong. Bacteria live in various environments like soil, ice, hot water, the ocean, and inside the human gut. Bacteria exist in the food you eat and the things you touch. The bacteria also exist in the human soul, which is important for improving health factors like mental health, heart health, immune system and lessen the risk of diabetes by controlling blood sugar.

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Connection Between Bacteria And Brain

You may think about how the bacteria in the gut area will connect to the brain in the head area. But the distance between the gut and the head is not a distance between the earth and sun. Hence like a phone line connection, there is a connection between the bacteria in the gut and the brain through the nervous system. Thus, the line system connecting the brain and gut bacteria is the MGB axis, the microbiota-gut-brain axis.  Microbiota is the name of bacteria and other organisms' entire population living inside and on the human body.

Bond Between The Healthiness Of Gut’s Bacteria And Brain

The antidepressant neurotransmitter Serotonin will be made in the gut. Hence the brain health depends on the gut’s health.

 Good communication between the brain and guts bacteria through the nerve axis system is important for the good health state of the brain and guts. If mental stress and depression affect communication, then it will affect the bacteria in the gut. As well the gut’s health depends on the mental health of the human.

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Benefits Through The Bacteria Living In Gut

The other roles of the gut microbiome:

It will control the blood sugar and lessen the risk of diabetes of types 1and 2.

It will promote good HDL cholesterol and produce trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), which lessens the chance of heart attack or stroke caused by the blocked arteries.

Human’s Second Brain

Do you know that there is a second brain in your body? It will be a surprising fact that the gut is the second brain of the human body. The nervous system between the brain and gastrointestinal system is strong. Also, the gut consists of many nerve cells (neurons) as its spinal cord. As well, the neural network of the gut is called as Enteric Nervous System (ENS). Hence gut is called the second brain and mini brain of the human body.

 Your brain could find when your gut is empty and when you are hungry. Your gut also knows how to make you realize that your gut is empty now, and you have to eat by means of passing the message to your brain. Hence similar to the communication between the gut and brain, if they are happy too, you could be happy with a healthy brain and gut.