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29 May 2019 - Nutraingredients - Mental health and the microbiome: Mixed findings over probiotics' anxiety impact — Review

Date: 29/05/2019

With more research being conducted on the gut-brain axis, studies have reported that the gut microbiota plays an important part in regulating brain function.


Possible link between infant gut microbiome and development of allergies

Date: 23/05/2019

Mouse-based research finds a possible link between the gut microbiome in infants and the development of allergies.


Anxiety might be alleviated by regulating gut bacteria

Date: 20/05/2019

People who experience anxiety symptoms might be helped by taking steps to regulate the microorganisms in their gut using probiotic and non-probiotic food and supplements, suggests a new review of studies.


Could the gut-brain axis be key to fighting age-related cognitive decline?

Date: 16/05/2019

Modifying our microbiome with prebiotic fibres could help lower levels of brain inflammation and boost brain function during ageing, according to new mouse-based research.


15 May 2019 - Science Daily - Over-fed bacteria make people sick

Date: 15/05/2019

In a new hypothesis, a research team suggests that inflammatory diseases are caused by an over-supply of food, and the associated disturbance of the intestine's natural bacterial colonization.


10 May 2019 - Nutraingredients - Personalised possibilities? Gut bacteria prevalence linked to genetic ability to digest starch

Date: 10/05/2019

A recently discovered relationship between genetic variation and the bacterial balance in our gut microbiome could help nutritionists personalise their recommendations, say those behind the study.


6 May 2019 - Science Daily - Transplanting gut bacteria alters depression-related behavior, brain inflammation in animals

Date: 06/05/2019

Scientists have shown that transplanting gut bacteria, from a stressed to a non-stressed animal, can cause vulnerable behaviour in the recipient. The research reveals details of biological interactions between the brain and gut that may someday lead to probiotic treatments for human psychiatric disorders such as depression.


25 April 2019 - Nutraingredients - Probiotic strain makes use of gut-brain axis to aid stress management, study finds

Date: 25/04/2019

A probiotic strain of Bifidobacterium longum appears to improve the ability to respond and cope with stress as research provides more proof of the bidirectional communication between the gut and brain.


Feeding juvenile rats extra omega-3 PUFAs and vitamin A shown to reduce negative health impact of stress

Date: 23/04/2019

A team of researchers has found that giving rats exposed to a stressful environment extra doses of omega-3 fatty acids, resulted in a reduction of the kinds of mental and physical damage that normally occur under such circumstances.


Autism symptoms reduced nearly 50 percent two years after fecal transplant

Date: 09/04/2019

The apparent rise in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and its stubborn resistance to treatment has spurred a legion of researchers to enter the field and explore the disability in innovative ways.


31 March 2019 - Psychology Today - Psychosis and Symbiosis: Microbiome and Schizophrenia

Date: 31/03/2019

We’ve known for a few years that people with schizophrenia have a different gut microbiome than healthy control populations.


30 March 2019 - MedicalXpress - Gastrointestinal complaints in children could signal future mental health problems

Date: 30/03/2019

A study has found that adversity early in life is associated with increased gastrointestinal symptoms in children that may have an impact on the brain and behavior as they grow to maturity.


On gut bacteria and schizophrenia

Date: 27/03/2019

This new research is a good start and complements other work in related areas talking about the gut-brain axis as being potentially pertinent to some forms of schizophrenia.


Health check: can eating certain foods make you smarter?

Date: 25/03/2019

As well as potentially improving our brain function, eating healthy foods - i.e. "good fats", vegetables, nuts and berries - could improve our mental well-being, and could even help the planet, too.


18 March 2019 - The Guardian - Nutritional psychiatry: can you eat yourself happier?

Date: 18/03/2019

‘What we stick in our mouths matters to our mental health,’ says Felice Jacka, a leading light in this new field. So what should we be eating?


Green tea cuts obesity, health risks in mice

Date: 14/03/2019

Green tea cut obesity and a number of inflammatory biomarkers linked with poor health in a new study.


Soda, sugar-sweetened beverages linked to more severe symptoms for people with multiple sclerosis

Date: 05/03/2019

For people with multiple sclerosis (MS), drinking around 290 calories per day of soda or other sugar-sweetened beverages, or the equivalent of about two cans of non-diet soda, may be tied to more severe symptoms and a higher level of disability compared to people with MS who seldom consume sugar-sweetened beverages, according to a new study.


20 February 2019 - MedicalXpress - High-fat diets do no favours for your gut bacteria

Date: 20/02/2019

New research suggests that when people boost their fat intake to 40 percent of their daily diet for six months, the number of "good" gut bacteria decreases while "unhelpful" bacteria amounts increases.


19 February 2019 - UMCG - Microbiome directly affects glucose metabolism, type 2 diabetes risk

Date: 19/02/2019

New research proves a causal link between the composition of the microbiome and the risk for type 2 diabetes. ‘This means that we can now use our technique to study the cause and effect relationship for many other microbiome features and diseases', the researchers comment.


19 February 2019 - Healio - High-fat diet linked to unfavorable gut microbiota changes

Date: 19/02/2019

Eating a diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates can lead to changes in the gut at the microbiome level that could lead to the development of metabolic disorders, according to new study results.