Serotonin

QUESTION:

Where is most of the serotonin in your body stored?

ANSWER:

90% of the serotonin is stored in your large intestine. Depression is not a disease of the brain, but a disease of the colon as is Parkinson's disease.

The microbiota, bacteria in your colon, can produce almost every substance your body can manufacture. This is why the colon, microbiota, is referred to as your second brain. These bacteria are one cell away from the vagus nerve that is a two way highway to your brain - the gut-brain axis.

The typical American diet has not only depleted the microbiota but reduced its diversity by 50%.