Your gut sends messages directly to the brain at lightning speed

The concept of having a “gut feeling” is actually more literal than you may have thought, as a new study has revealed that your stomach can send signals directly to the brain. It’s been suggested by scientists that many different conditions and health problems like depression, obesity, and arthritis originate in the gut, but it was not understood how messages from our stomachs were sent to the brain. Previously, researchers believed that hormones were responsible for this line of communication between the gut and brain, but a …