Harnessing gut microbes for mental health: Getting from here to there

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) […]

The pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is believed to develop from healthy cognition to preclinical illness and finally to symptomatic AD with cognitive impairment. Recent research reveals that the gut microbiome of symptomatic AD patients differs in taxonomic makeup from that of cognitively healthy control persons. However, little information is available about changes in the […]