Just as many emotions—fear, anxiety, love—are felt in the gut, your microbes can also influence your brain and emotions. Taking care of your gut may help prevent some mental illnesses.
It still too early to use probiotics, prebiotics and fermented foods for cognitive performance, concludes a new meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
23 Nov 2020by GMFH Editing Team
Gut microbiome-targeted interventions are being explored as means of improving cognitive performance. A new meta-analysis of 22 randomized controlled studies has found no significant effect on improving cognition for probiotics, prebiotics and fermented foods, whether alone or used in combination.
A new article on gut microbiota featured in National Geographic Magazine looks over the key functions these essential microorganisms have for human health through our lives.
Scientists identified two bacteria from gut microbiota linked to mental health
8 May 2019by Cristina Sáez
Researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium have found most human gut bacteria produce neurotransmitters, which are chemicals (e.g. dopamine and serotonin) that let neurons communicate with each other.
The gut microbiome’s influence on non-communicable diseases and behaviour: main findings of MyNewGut project
11 Feb 2019by Andreu Prados
The European Union-funded microbiome project MyNewGut has come to an end. Discover here the project’s take-home messages regarding how we can target the gut microbiome for fighting obesity, metabolic syndrome and emotional disorders.
Recent advances in research have described the importance of gut microbiota in influencing interactions between the central and the enteric nervous systems. These brain-gut interactions appear to be bidirectional by means of neural, endocrine, immune, and humoral signals. Most of the data have been acquired using rodents (mice or rats) and pigs.
