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Did you know that your gut and digestive system has one of the most complex nerve subsystems in your body? Here’s a food scientist from Nestle named Heribert Watzke explaining what that might mean for the evolution of our diet and the way we eat as humans.

If that’s not enough, here’s some more commentary on our brains and guts from PLoS.

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