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Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study

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Re: Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study

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Since diet can affect the microbiome of the gut and I can't imagine how gut bacteria affect moods (although I'm open to the idea I suppose) I'd wager it is actually diet and nutritional input that affects mood as well as the gut bacteria. Makes more sense to me that your mood can be affected by your diet, and what we are measuring is the altered microbiome of the gut because of the diet.

Re: Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study

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Since diet can affect the microbiome of the gut and I can't imagine how gut bacteria affect moods (although I'm open to the idea I suppose) I'd wager it is actually diet and nutritional input that affects mood as well as the gut bacteria. Makes more sense to me that your mood can be affected by your diet, and what we are measuring is the altered microbiome of the gut because of the diet.

You wouldn't expect a fecal transplant to help if the bacteria were entirely incidental though.

Re: Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study

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Since diet can affect the microbiome of the gut and I can't imagine how gut bacteria affect moods (although I'm open to the idea I suppose) I'd wager it is actually diet and nutritional input that affects mood as well as the gut bacteria. Makes more sense to me that your mood can be affected by your diet, and what we are measuring is the altered microbiome of the gut because of the diet.

So... you can imagine how gut bacteria affect mood after all?

Re: Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study

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post #6

Since diet can affect the microbiome of the gut and I can't imagine how gut bacteria affect moods (although I'm open to the idea I suppose) I'd wager it is actually diet and nutritional input that affects mood as well as the gut bacteria. Makes more sense to me that your mood can be affected by your diet, and what we are measuring is the altered microbiome of the gut because of the diet.

So... you can imagine how gut bacteria affect mood after all?

I wonder which gut bacteria make me crave cheap Mac and Cheese...

Re: Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study

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Tangential: Is there any evidence that pro biotic foods or supplements can increase gut health? Given the evident importance of gut health, I wonder whether it's worth using something like this, to grab a random example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Restored-Bio-Cultures/dp/B082SZXBF2...

Re: Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study

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post #6

Since diet can affect the microbiome of the gut and I can't imagine how gut bacteria affect moods (although I'm open to the idea I suppose) I'd wager it is actually diet and nutritional input that affects mood as well as the gut bacteria. Makes more sense to me that your mood can be affected by your diet, and what we are measuring is the altered microbiome of the gut because of the diet.

So... you can imagine how gut bacteria affect mood after all?

To be fair, I think the parent is that they expect that both are affected in similar ways. That is, gut biome is an effect, not an affect with regard to mood.

The sibling point that treatments targeting the biome would be expected to fail, if that were the case, is complication.

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