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Gut-Brain Health – What Neuroscientists Are Calling “A Paradigm Shift”

Jun 15, 2023 | Ageing Brain, Diet, Mental Health, Mind-Body, The Scientists Speak | 19 Comments

Scientists call the trillions of microbes that inhabit your body the microbiome. They outnumber your own cells ten ...

How does the microbiome influence our health? (Part 2)

Feb 22, 2018 | Gut-Brain Axis, Mental Health, Neuroscience, The Scientists Speak | 5 Comments

This is the second post in a series exploring the neurobiology of the gut-brain connection published in ...

The neuroscience of the gut-brain connection (Part 1)

Feb 15, 2018 | Diet, Gut-Brain Axis, Neuroscience | 27 Comments

Coloured scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli, grown in culture (CC BY 2.0) This is the first post ...

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One billion reasons probiotics protect your brain

May 24, 2013 | Diet, Healthy Living, Mental Health, Mind-Body | 19 Comments

Bacteroides species are some of the most common bacteria in the human gut. I’ve been making my ...

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