Chapter 2 – The role of nutrition in addiction recovery: What we know and what we don’t

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 […]

Here, Carbia et al. (2021) outline the overlapping impacts of chronic alcohol use, inflammation, and microbiome modifications on brain circuitry in the front of the limbic system. This article also goes on to discuss the interdependent relationship between social cognition, immunity, and the microbiome in connection with alcohol misuse (from binge drinking to addiction). While […]