The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
we always knew that the nervous system extended out of the brain and into the body, and people seem kind of overwhelmed and surprised by the idea that we have neurons in our gut that can sense things like sugars and fatty acids.
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So we say nutrients, which nutrients are they looking for? What are these neurons paying attention to? While these neurons are activated by the presence of fatty acids in particular, omega-3 fatty acids, sorts of things that come from fatty fish, oil, krill, certain kinds of animal protein, animal, and plant substances.
there are neurons that detect nutrients themselves.
There are neurons in your gut that are primarily responding to meaning they fire electrical signals. When there are sufficient fatty acids coming from fats you ingest, amino acids coming from proteins you ingest and sugars coming from carbohydrates and sugars.