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the Gut-Brain Axis
Psychobiotics are microbes that lift your mood. Psychiatry needs them now. What are psychobiotics? Despite their somewhat sinister-sounding name, psychobiotics are probiotics and prebiotics that can lift your mood and decrease anxiety. The word was coined by Psychiatrist and researcher Dr. Ted Dinan…
Flavonoids Keep Your Brain Young
The gut-brain connection is a story that just keeps giving. The idea that gut microbes could affect your mood and cognition is startling and potentially very useful. The microbes that improve your mood are called psychobiotics. Microbes eat prebiotics, which include complex sugars…
Do Microbes Make Us Social?
“Microbes may have influenced the evolution of the social brain and behavior as a means to propagate their own genetic material.” —Cryan, Dinan, et al., Science Do our gut microbes make us party animals? It sounds preposterous, but nothing beats…
The Psychobiotic Revolution
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Have you ever wondered why some people seem to have more focus and energy than you do? Their secret may be psychobiotics (read on). We all have microbes in our intestines, and some are better than others when it comes…