"Digestion is quickly shut down during stress...The parasympathetic nervous system, perfect for all that calm, vegetative physiology, normally mediates the actions of digestion. Along comes stress: turn off parasympathetic, turn on the sympathetic, and forget about digestion." - Robert M. Sapolsky

Robert M. Sapolsky: Digestion is quickly shut down during stress...The parasympathetic...

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"Digestion is quickly shut down during stress...The parasympathetic nervous system, perfect for all that calm, vegetative physiology, normally mediates the actions of digestion. Along comes stress: turn off parasympathetic, turn on the sympathetic, and forget about digestion." - Robert M. Sapolsky

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