If you live outside of Metro Detroit or were just *way too busy* to come to one my my book signings, you're in luck. We captured the last (and clearly best) talk on video. Enjoy, and let me know what you think!

On Monday, September 19th, I was asked to appear on WDIV Channel 4's Live in the D to cook a recipe from the Healthy Gut Cookbook. Check it out!

So, where were we? Ah yes, the small intestine.

Once the chyme has gotten past the door of the pyloric sphincter it finds itself in the first section of the small intestine, the duodenum. Here’s where it’s very important that things have gone well so far in the digestive process. The chyme is supposed to be acidic enough at this point that it will trigger certain reactions.

If you were surprised that we started this mysterious process of digestion in the brain, Part Two should put you on more familiar ground. In Part One, we passed the first gate of our north-to-south progression. After your brain has registered the presence of food and your autonomic nervous system has gone it’s merry way down the parasympathetic pathway (or the sympathetic, you poor lamb!), it’s time for the second gateway: the mouth!