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The article discusses a study from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts which suggests that highly processed food alters liver function, making a person hungrier and destroying neural resilience. The study indicates the potential of microbe-oriented diets to avert hospitalizations and result in net savings in health care costs. It explains the difference of how fructose and glucose are processed by the body, their effect on nerve growth in the brain, and the liver's impact on the brain.

The article describes the connection of the human body to emotions, desires, decision-making, sense of self and relationships with others. Topics covered include how the vagus offers a pathway for healing the mind through the body, as indicated in deep-breathing exercise, how the gut can sense and produce neurotransmitters to converse directly with the brain and how the body is used as a resource to understand thoughts.