Second Brain

Persuasive, impassioned... hopeful news [for those] suffering from functional bowel disease. -- New York Times Book Review

Dr. Gershons groundbreaking book fills the gap between what you need to know--and what your doctor has time to tell you.

Dr. Michael Gershon has devoted his career to understanding the human bowel (the stomach, esophagus, small intestine, and colon). His thirty years of research have led to an extraordinary rediscovery: nerve cells in the gut that act as a brain. This second brain can control our gut all by itself. Our two brains--the one in our head and the one in our bowel--must cooperate. If they do not, then there is chaos in the gut and misery in the head--everything from butterflies to cramps, from diarrhea to constipation. Dr. Gershons work has led to radical new understandings about a wide