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  Gut Feelings - The Second Brain

  by Xanthippe in

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  i came across a link on the bbc site this morning to an article in scientific american on gut health claiming that one reason we need to keep our guts healthy with probiotics, a good diet and reducing antibiotics is because there are neurons in our gut that are part of the process to create dopamine and serotonin for the brain.

  yes happy hormones and neurotransmitters!

  amazing article.. 'the enteric nervous system is often referred to as our body’s second brain.

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  Ruby gets the prize for the weirdest post.

  This is not a thread about strange religious practices or weird diets it's about an article in Scientific American based on solid research.
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  Gut Feelings - The Second Brain

  by Xanthippe in

  1. jw
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  i came across a link on the bbc site this morning to an article in scientific american on gut health claiming that one reason we need to keep our guts healthy with probiotics, a good diet and reducing antibiotics is because there are neurons in our gut that are part of the process to create dopamine and serotonin for the brain.

  yes happy hormones and neurotransmitters!

  amazing article.. 'the enteric nervous system is often referred to as our body’s second brain.

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  Thanks Sparky that looks interesting, I think I've seen it in the library.

  nonjwspouse, it would be great if a there was a cure for Parkinson's related to balancing the gut. My cousins husband died of it, not a good way to go. Too little dopamine and the body and brain freeze up as in Parkinson's, too much and you can get bipolar disorder.

  We had a friend with bipolar and he wouldn't go to his doctor because he was on a high at the time his stomach was bothering him and he thought he knew better - he was a microbiologist. He died of a perforated stomach ulcer on his living room floor. Brain chemistry really matters and if gut health makes so much difference it certainly needs the research.

  Also when you think about it we need serotonin to prevent depression and people take heroin and use cannabis to produce a dopamine high. So if we can do that though diet then hand me the live yoghurt.
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  Gut Feelings - The Second Brain

  by Xanthippe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i came across a link on the bbc site this morning to an article in scientific american on gut health claiming that one reason we need to keep our guts healthy with probiotics, a good diet and reducing antibiotics is because there are neurons in our gut that are part of the process to create dopamine and serotonin for the brain.

  yes happy hormones and neurotransmitters!

  amazing article.. 'the enteric nervous system is often referred to as our body’s second brain.

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  That's really interesting doofdaddy. Our brain chemistry is so delicate. So much for it being protected by the blood brain barrier eh?
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  Gut Feelings - The Second Brain

  by Xanthippe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i came across a link on the bbc site this morning to an article in scientific american on gut health claiming that one reason we need to keep our guts healthy with probiotics, a good diet and reducing antibiotics is because there are neurons in our gut that are part of the process to create dopamine and serotonin for the brain.

  yes happy hormones and neurotransmitters!

  amazing article.. 'the enteric nervous system is often referred to as our body’s second brain.

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  Merci Marcial. Now to try and translate a bit of this with my rusty French,

  'There exists a book written by a specialist in gastroenterology who speaks with simplicity and a lot of humour... Gut, the Inside Story of Our body's Most Under-rated organ by Giulia Enders.

  A small marvel, a book of good knowledge.'

  OK I give up. This book looks interesting thanks, Marcial.
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  Gut Feelings - The Second Brain

  by Xanthippe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i came across a link on the bbc site this morning to an article in scientific american on gut health claiming that one reason we need to keep our guts healthy with probiotics, a good diet and reducing antibiotics is because there are neurons in our gut that are part of the process to create dopamine and serotonin for the brain.

  yes happy hormones and neurotransmitters!

  amazing article.. 'the enteric nervous system is often referred to as our body’s second brain.

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  I came across a link on the BBC site this morning to an article in Scientific American on gut health claiming that one reason we need to keep our guts healthy with probiotics, a good diet and reducing antibiotics is because there are neurons in our gut that are part of the process to create dopamine and serotonin for the brain. Yes happy hormones and neurotransmitters! Amazing article.

  'The enteric nervous system is often referred to as our body’s second brain. There are hundreds of million of neurons connecting the brain to the enteric nervous system, the part of the nervous system that is tasked with controlling the gastrointestinal system. This vast web of connections monitors the entire digestive tract from the esophagus to the anus. The enteric nervous system is so extensive that it can operate as an independent entity without input from our central nervous system, although they are in regular communication. While our “second” brain cannot compose a symphony or paint a masterpiece the way the brain in our skull can, it does perform an important role in managing the workings of our inner tube. The network of neurons in the gut is as plentiful and complex as the network of neurons in our spinal cord, which may seem overly complex just to keep track of digestion. Why is our gut the only organ in our body that needs its own “brain”? Is it just to manage the process of digestion? Or could it be that one job of our second brain is to listen in on the trillions of microbes residing in the gut?........

  For example, the gut microbiota influences the body’s level of the potent neurotransmitter serotonin, which regulates feelings of happiness. Some of the most prescribed drugs in the U.S. for treating anxiety and depression, like Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil, work by modulating levels of serotonin. And serotonin is likely just one of a numerous biochemical messengers dictating our mood and behavior that the microbiota impacts.

  http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gut-feelings-the-second-brain-in-our-gastrointestinal-systems-excerpt/
  
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  My "best" friend (active JW) has just died

  by Terry in

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  johnny santa cruz and i met around 1959 at a movie theater in fort worth, texas.. the purpose of that meeting was to create a fanclub for horror movie director william castle.

  a week or so later, johnny stopped me as i was walking home from elementary school.. "hey--i think i know you.

  weren't you at the william castle fanclub thing?".

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  I am so very sorry you lost your close friend Terry. I totally understand when you lose the person that verifies the past for you, when you can no longer say to anyone, 'do you remember when '.

  By the way I didn't think you had to be invited to a funeral. They are usually held in a public place of worship or civil building and often the details are published in a newspaper by the funeral director for anyone who knows that person to attend.
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  Some thoughts on guilt.

  by New day in

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  had an interesting conversation with my wife recently.

  she struggles with physical, emotional and psychological problems which have often caused her to miss meetings.

  she mentioned how she is equally tortured by guilt if she misses meetings and ministry, and severe stress if she does them.

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  Xanthippe, the meds still aren't really working and she has been on them for over a year! We talked to the doc about something stronger but he is very cautious, doesn't want to give her something that drugs her too much.

  Thanks for your reply, I'm sorry you and your wife are going through this. That is a long time. I won't say anything else because you know your situation better than anyone. I suppose I just wanted to answer your OP about guilt and mention that it's often a symptom of depression, but you obviously know about it. Take care.
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  Confused: What does the overlapping generation really mean?

  by MicaSmith in

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  can someone help me understand how the wt came up with the overlapping generation theory?

  i just don't understand it even though i read the information several times.

  it's bewildering.

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  Thanks pixel and JWFacts also. You can see how they gradually are leading up to the overlapping nonsense. Seems to me they thought of it back in '95 but had a long term plan to sneak it up on the R+F without them noticing. By all accounts they have succeeded with a lot of them. As for the rest, they ended up here.
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  Lourdes, Bigorre, Pyrenees, France.

  by Joe Grundy in

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  (i never was a jw).. this topic occurred to me randomly.

  i don't know whether any/many posters heer have visited.

  the region is beautiful but marred, imho, by the scar that is lourdes.

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  I like the Pyrenees but further east, Languedoc-Roussillon area. Fantastic scenery, wonderful wine, great restaurants. We stayed in a beautiful gite I found in the Times and the owner told us about the Cathare castles in the area, amazing citadels built high up almost on mountain crags that the cathares escaped to in the twelfth century when the Pope declared their beliefs heretic.

  They were all starved out and burnt of course. Isn't religion wonderful. They were interesting though. They believed men and women were equal, were vegetarians and believed in reincarnation even though they were Christians. Sort of East meets West.
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  Confused: What does the overlapping generation really mean?

  by MicaSmith in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  can someone help me understand how the wt came up with the overlapping generation theory?

  i just don't understand it even though i read the information several times.

  it's bewildering.

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  edited to add: Actually Xanthippe, although the long held explanation was dropped in 1995 the overlapping crap wasn't brought out until 2010. There were two or three other crappy explanations in between! - Freddo

  So what were the two or three other explanations Freddo? Anybody?