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

In order to examine the causative association between gut microbiota and the onset of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), as well as the possible moderating role of depression in this relationship, this study by Huang et al. (2024) used a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) technique. Multiple two-sample MR methods were utilized to examine the causal effects […]

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 […]