Sentences with phrase «bacteria influence your mood»

I definitely think you've got ta love your microbiome, because, like you were introducing, if you don't have the right gut bacteria... I mean, we've known for a long time, not only can gut bacteria influence your mood, but there's viruses that can get into your brain, and they can control your moods.

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Probiotics don't just improve digestion; they also help influence your mood, can promote weight loss if you're eating a healthy diet, increase absorption of nutrients, can help your gut repel unhealthy levels of bad bacteria, and can even increase your energy levels.

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Now it is becoming clear that certain gut bacteria can positively influence our mood and behaviour.

As we heard in last week's episode, our gut, plus the trillions of bacteria that live there, influence our mood, our health, and even our personalities.

The digestive tract and the brain are crucially linked, according to mounting evidence showing that diet and gut bacteria are able to influence our behavior, thoughts and mood.

For example, research in 2010 suggested that your brain and the good bacteria in your gut communicate directly, influencing your mood, your immune system, and your inflammation.

«Emerging studies have suggested that pathogenic and non-pathogenic gut bacteria might influence mood - related symptoms and even behaviour in animals and humans.

Acknowledging the data for inflammatory cytokines influencing mood states, and the role of gut bacteria in triggering these cytokines, they review the available literature supporting antidepressant effects of probiotics.

Researchers in this study noted that, while many factors play a role in dictating mood and mental health, bacteria in the gut strongly influences behavior and can be noticeably disrupted during antibiotic administration.

By producing bioactive compounds such as neurotransmitters including GABA, serotonin, acetylcholine and catecholamine, these gut bacteria can influence our mood profoundly.

While earlier studies have suggested that the mix of bacteria in your intestines have the ability to influence your mood and subsequent behavior in various ways, the featured research investigated how these changes actually come about.

In addition to providing nutrients and aiding in the digestive process, gut bacteria also influence moods, behavior and mental health; immune function; energy levels; and how well we burn or store fat.

GF mice have been shown to have increased plasma tryptophan concentrations, 47, 48 which can be normalized following post-weaning colonization.47 Resident gut bacteria can utilize tryptophan for growth229 and in some cases, production of indole, 230, 231 or serotonin (reviewed by O'Mahony and colleagues95), while the microbiota might also affect tryptophan availability by influencing host enzymes responsible for its degradation.47 By limiting the availability of tryptophan for serotonin production in the CNS (EC - derived serotonin does not cross the BBB), the gut microbiota could influence serotonergic neurotransmission.95 In vulnerable populations, reducing the circulating concentrations of tryptophan has been shown to affect mood, and to reinstate depressive symptoms in patients who have successfully responded to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.232, 233 The gut microbiota could also influence the production of both neuroprotective and neurotoxic components of the kynurenine pathway.224

Who would have conceived that research would have revealed, for example, that the bacteria living within the colon are helping shape our mood, regulating our appetite, manufacturing health - sustaining vitamins, controlling our immune systems and inflammation, and even influencing the expression of our DNA?