A randomized clinical trial of fecal microbiota transplant for alcohol use disorder

This 2018 article introduced a “holistic” approach for treating substance use disorder (SUD) involving healthful eating. Wiss et al. (2018) explains the urgent need for improved treatment modalities that would prevent overdose and death, reduce the health care burden, and improve the populations’ quality of life. Interest in food and nutrition in relation to addiction […]

While there is a growing body of evidence indicating correlations between the gut microbiota (microbial community in the intestine) and the brain, this 2021 article looked at the relationship between the gut microbiome and substances of abuse. Alcohol has been the most widely investigated substance of abuse in this field up to now. In some […]