Gut microbiota, with its close links to metabolism and the immune system, could potentially be a factor that lies at the core of good health. This means it can be positioned at the heart of the processes that influence the risk of contracting different diseases.

Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis

1 Apr 2017

by GMFH Editing Team

This new infographic shows the main factors that can generate gut microbiota dysbiosis, how it manifests itself and how it can be prevented or corrected through a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.

A team of scientists led by Premysl Bercik, Associate Professor of Medicine at McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, carried out two sets of experiments with mice with the goal of studying the effect of gut microbiota on behaviour in an established model of anxiety and depression.