Showing posts with label gut-brain axis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gut-brain axis. Show all posts

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Probiotics May Improve Cognitive Function And Boost Your Mood!



Probiotics can do more than improve your gut health. They also may indirectly enhance your brain, too.



Research shows that the gut and brain are connected, a partnership called the gut-brain axis. The two are linked through biochemical signaling between the nervous system in the digestive tract, called the enteric nervous system, and the central nervous system, which includes the brain. The primary information connection between the brain and gut is the vagus nerve, the longest nerve in the body. Read more...




Probiotics may help boost mood and cognitive function. Harvard Publishing. https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/probiotics-may-help-boost-mood-and-cognitive-function?utm_content=bufferd858b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

An Emerging Health Field: Nutritional Psychiatry!



"As evidence mounts for the existence of the gut-brain axis, nutritional psychiatry has emerged as a promising research field within the food and nutrition community. "Read more....



Nutritional psychiatry: Accessing the gut to address the brain.  17-Aug-2018 By Will Chu