Mood disorders and gluten: It’s not all in your mind! A systematic review with meta-analysis

This 2019 review outlines how dysregulation of the gut-brain axis (the bidirectional communication between gut and brain) in irritable bowel disease patients may lead to further inflammation and depression, resulting in a vicious cycle of worsening irritable bowel disease outcomes. Since the intestinal microbiota is closely linked with host immune responses, Moulton et al. explain […]

This 2020 study focuses on sugars and their possible link to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). High quantities of sugar are a feature of the Western diet, which is one of the potential risk factors for IBS. Khan et al. investigated the effects of glucose and fructose on the development of colitis in two different types […]