Chronic stress exposure may affect the brain’s response to high calorie food cues and predispose to obesogenic eating habits

Cardiovascular events are triggered by mental stress. In healthy people, acute abnormalities in endothelial function can be brought on by a single stressful experience. Crucially, people frequently turn to bad habits during stressful times, such as eating more high-fat meals, which is also known to have a detrimental effect on endothelial function. Baynham et al. […]

Recently, the observed impact of dietary consumption on mental health and the gut microbiome has trended in popularity, however, the evidence on the existence and the extent of psychobiotic impacts of dietary interventions remains insufficient. To that end, Berding et al. (2022) evaluated the impact of a psychobiotic intervention (rich in fermented foods and prebiotics) […]