The importance of diet and gut health to the treatment and prevention of mental disorders

Obesity, linked with high-fat diet (HFD) consumption, and anxiety are prevalent in modern urban societies. According to recent studies, the association between HFD and anxiety may be mediated via the microbiota-gut-brain axis, specifically involving brain serotonergic systems. There is evidence that this link is mostly due to interactions between the gut bacteria and the serotonergic […]

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 […]