Gut microbiota, nutrition, and mental health

This 2020 review evaluated the current evidence on the impact of gut microbes on cerebral blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity. Upon describing the destruction of the BBB through the influences of microbiota and its metabolites on the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems and signaling pathways, Tang et al. (2020) suggests ways in which the BBB can […]

Recent evidence pointed to the relationship between sleep disorders and the gut microbiome, demonstrating how the microbiome plays a role in overall host health, owing to the role of sleep in psycho-social health maintenance, weight management, and hormone levels. Thus, sleep is subject to derangements due to gut microbiome dysbiosis, just like a myriad of […]