Medical News Today – Marie Ellis
“Researchers from the University of Colorado-Boulder say they have discovered that exercising early in life changes the gut’s microbial community so that it sets us up for better brain and metabolic activity during our lifetime…The human gut has often been referred to as the second brain, because of the enteric nervous system, which communicates back and forth with our actual brain and even triggers emotional shifts…This latest study examines the effect of exercise on our gut flora and reveals that the earlier we engage in physical activity, the better.”(more)