Diet and the microbiota-gut-brain axis: Sowing the seeds of good mental health

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A cross-sectional study observing the association of psychosocial stress and dietary intake with gut microbiota genera and alpha diversity among a young adult cohort of black and white women in Birmingham, Alabama

Research is required to examine the connections between food and psychological stress and the variety and composition of the gut microbiota. Knight et al. (2024) investigated the relationships between dietary factors, psychological stress measures, gut microbiota species abundance, and alpha diversity in young adult females. The secondary goal was to investigate the mechanisms of psychosocial […]

From gut dysbiosis to altered brain function and mental illness: Mechanisms and pathways

This 2016 review examined the influence gut microbiomes have on brain development and neurological function, and the mechanism in which this can lead to mental illnesses. Evidence has emerged that the gut microbiome can have an impact on neural development, cognition and behaviour through gut-brain axis (the bidirectional communication system between the central nervous system […]