You take your microbes to every party, but what do they want?
Holiday treats are irresistible, but lousy for your microbiota. Here are some tips to have fun while keeping your gut microbes hale and hearty.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201912/what-give-your-microbes-the-holidays
Psychological stress leads to physical stress, anxiety, and depression.
Psychological stress messes with your immune system and can make you moody and depressed. Fortunately, there are tricks to boost your resilience and make you feel better.
A mouse study finds a remarkable microbial connection to fear.
A new study in Nature finds that gut microbes are essential for extinguishing the fear response in mice. This may help clinicians devise strategies for people with anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study is the latest in a continuing exploration of the mechanics of the gut-brain axis.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201910/unending-fear-and-the-gut-brain-axis
Life stressors can lead to nasty diseases. Here’s how to chill out.
For many of us, stress starts when we wake and ramps up throughout the day. We are steeped in it. For the worst afflicted, it can define their lives. We may no longer have to deal with lions on the savannah, but we have stressor aplenty, and they are unrelenting.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201910/stress-can-kill-you-how-cope
Introducing a new food pyramid for a better mood.
The road to happiness winds through your gut. Here are five tips to improve your mood with good food.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201908/can-you-eat-yourself-happy
New research shows that gut microbes play a major role in ALS.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease with no cure. New research shows that gut microbes play an important role and may help slow disease progression.
Can depression be transferred via microbes?
Researchers find an unorthodox method to transmit depression from one animal to another. What are the implications for psychiatry?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201907/transferring-the-blues
Microbes exert a surprising amount of control over our mind.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201907/microbes-and-the-mind
How the bacteria in your gut manipulate your sleep patterns.
Your gut microbes can affect your mood and your sleep patterns. Here are six ways to help you sleep better at night.
Your gut microbiota is brazenly giving you cravings to get what it wants.
These cravings may not be in your favor. Learn how to gain the upper hand.