Probiotics for the treatment of depressive symptoms: An anti-inflammatory mechanism?

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Impact of consuming a milk drink containing a probiotic on mood and cognition

Benton, Williams & Brown (2007) investigated if drinking a milk beverage containing probiotics or a placebo would affect mood and memory, as it has been discovered that bad mood correlates with frequent constipation. In their randomly-allocated, double-blind, placebo-controlled experiment, aside from three trips to the lab, the subjects (n = 124, mean age = 61.8 […]

Oral administration of S-Adenosylmethionine (SAMe) and Lactobacillus Plantarum HEAL9 improves the mild-to-moderate symptoms of depression: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

In this 2020 double-blind study, Saccarello et al. investigated the effect of SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine) 200 mg combined with Lactobacillus plantarum (L. plantarum) HEAL9 consumption for 6 weeks on symptomatology of mild-to-moderate depression. Ninety patients were randomized to either the probiotic group (SAMe plus L. plantarum HEAL9, n = 46) or placebo (n = 44) group. […]