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Psychobiotics: A Revolution in Psychiatry

January 19, 2021Uncategorizedscottcha

Psychobiotics are microbes that lift your mood. Psychiatry needs them now. This article will show you how to boost your psychobiotic potential.

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Can Oral Microbes Cause Dementia?

December 24, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

Microbes in the mouth have an outsize influence on brain health. They may cause dementia and Alzheimer’s, but all is not lost. Here are some tips to stay ahead of the game.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202012/can-oral-microbes-cause-dementia

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Is Your Brain Leaking?

November 28, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

A leaky gut may lead to a leaky brain. Here are some tips about how to head it off.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202011/is-your-brain-leaking

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A Surprising Way That Exercise Improves Your Mind

November 18, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

Research shows that exercise improves your microbiota, boosting your mood and cognitive abilities. Time to get off the sofa.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202010/surprising-way-exercise-improves-your-mind

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How Your Gut Microbes Keep Your Brain Young

September 28, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

Your gut microbes may help to prevent cognitive decline. Here’s what you can do to build a healthy microbiota that will improve cognition and memory.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202009/how-your-gut-microbes-can-keep-your-brain-young

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Coronavirus drives us to drink and our microbes are enablers

August 13, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

Can a healthier gut microbiota help us to drink less? COVID-19 is making some people drink more, but our gut microbiota may be able to moderate it. Here are some tips for a healthier and happier gut.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202008/coronavirus-drives-us-drink-and-our-microbes-are-enablers

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Not Okay, Boomer

August 5, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

The baby-boom generation has lower cognitive scores than their parents. What’s happening?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202008/not-okay-boomer

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Be Good to Your Microbes, You’re Probably Stuck with Them

July 28, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

For better or worse, gut microbes form long-lived cultures in your gut that can make you indefinitely healthy or sick. Here are some tips to shift the odds in your favor.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202007/be-good-your-microbes-you-re-probably-stuck-them

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Screams and Giggles to Beat the Pandemic

July 17, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

Laughter and gasps may help us deal with COVID-19. Research suggests that both horror and humor can make us more resilient to the coronavirus.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202007/screams-and-giggles-beat-the-pandemic

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Can Caged Microbes Help Your Kidneys?

July 6, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

A bacterial cage you can swallow processes waste like a miniature kidney.

Scientists have created a polymer cage full of bacteria that can process metabolic wastes, alleviating kidney disease and its attendant depression.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202007/can-caged-microbes-help-your-kidneys

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Really amazing opportunity for a #microbiome scientist interested in #allergy research. https://twitter.com/meghanazad/status/1353391618728939521

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Well done @harschellekens & @NLeeuwendaal! Gut Peptides and the Microbiome: Focus on Ghrelin https://twitter.com/harschellekens/status/1353055431115956231

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Check out this excellent, comprehensive and state of the art review on the #microbiota-gut-brain axis in @AGA_Gastro
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How physical activity affects your gut microbes, leading to better brain health, writes @Psychobiotic https://bit.ly/35LDN0p

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Probiotics as a therapeutic strategy in obesity and overweight.
Can probiotics help people lose weight?
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Current Evidence on the Role of the Gut Microbiome in ADHD Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Implications.
Gut microbes affect omega-3 imbalance & sleep patterns in kids with ADHD.
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#Nature's wonderful #natural #biodiversity! So important to preserve this #genetic #diversity - not just in potatoes, but in all #food crops - to ensure #future #foodsecurity. https://twitter.com/My4EverWorld/status/1353029252585811968

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gut flora

There are 30,000 types of bacteria inhabiting the human intestine.

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Precision modification of the human gut microbiota targeting surface-associated proteins.
Now we're talking! Precise excision using antibodies instead of broad-brush antibiotic bombing.
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Convergence Mental Health: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Innovation.
The interesting connection between antidepressants and the microbiota.
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DEEP Thoughts !

Do IBD meds heal through a microbiome effect, not just immune ?

Samuel Costello, MD at #CCCongress21 provided insight on this & many other quandaries of the microbiome effect on #IBD

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It truly is mind-boggling! Here's more: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27491067/

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"An astounding series of experiments have shown that you can transmit depression by transferring microbes." I am blown away! I knew eating probiotic foods was important, but I didn't realize it was healing my brain too. 💯👏 https://twitter.com/Psychobiotic/status/1352343973000523776

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23 Jan

The baseline gut microbiota directs dieting-induced weight loss trajectories - Interesting paper just out in @AGA_Gastro "The baseline gut microbiota was found to outperform other factors as a pre-dieting predictor of individual weight loss trajectories". https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016508521000962

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Psychobiotics: A Revolution in Psychiatry.
Psychobiotics are microbes that lift your mood. Psychiatry needs them now.
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Obesity and gut microbiome: review of potential role of probiotics.
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