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Does Parkinson’s Begin in the Gut?

Summary by Dr. Joseph Mercola
  • November 07, 2018

More proof that our gut health is intricately connected to our brain health is in the news, as a body of evidence links the neurodegenerative disease, Parkinson’s, to our intestinal tract. As reported by Scientific American, a growing consensus is that Parkinson’s doesn’t necessarily start in the brain. Rather, researchers are beginning to prove that the gut-brain highway that runs through the vagus nerve may play the key role in developing this dreaded disease. Indeed,...