We most often think of serotonin as being a mood-altering chemical that works the nerves in our brain to make us happy or sad, but did you know that most of the body’s serotonin is actually produced in the gut, where it works to regulate your bowels? “Such a copious amount of serotonin is released into the gut every day, in fact, that it would be lethal if the excess were not disposed of by certain cells in the gut lining that contain serotonin transporters,” says an article on Psychiatric News, which describes this interesting brain-gut connection. While you’ve still got serotonin on the brain, check out this gorgeous serotonin molecule necklace by Made With Molecules.
