To grasp how serotonin works on the brain, look to the gut | Psyche Ideas

That’s just serotonin. Your gut produces more than thirty neurotransmitters. In Chapter 3 we will discuss one of the major ways that your gut can improve brain health—through short-chain fatty acids. A healthy gut microbiome is able to extend its influence across the blood–brain barrier to keep our mind sharp, our energy level high, and our mood re

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Seratonin makes us feel comfortable and in bliss with things. A lot of seratonin is in our gut, but not the kind leading to the comfortable feeling (they are in the brain). Starchy-carbs contain the amino acids that are the building blocks for and there increase the levels of seratonin. It blunts the appetite. It makes us feel relaxed and calm.