Gut microbiota, nutrition, and mental health

This introductory paper published in 2018 by the European project MyNewGut briefly summarizes the past research on the role of dietary patterns and food components in metabolic and mental health, and on several microbiome-mediating mechanisms. The authors state that since diet is a key modifiable environmental factor that modulates the gut microbiota and its metabolic […]

This 2020 narrative review evaluates the theoretical potential of fermented food components in manipulating gut physiology and the biological mechanisms thought to be involved in depression and anxiety. While fermented foods are considered functional because of their possible health benefits, it is the conversion of food substrates by the microbes into functional microorganisms (probiotics) and […]