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Probiotics can support the effect of antidepressants

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> Probiotics maintained microbial diversity and increased the abundance of the genus Lactobacillus, indicating the effectivity of the probiotics to increase specific taxa. The increase of the Lactobacillus was associated with decreased depressive symptoms in the probiotics group. [0]

So, yogurt everybody ? [1] [2]

[0] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-022-01977-z [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogurt#Health_research [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probiotic

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About 90% of serotonin is made in the gut [1]. This is one of those things that helps us with being happy and an unhealthy gut produces less. So, this makes sense. [1] https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22572-seroton...

Does this serotonin make its way to the brain?

Re: Probiotics can support the effect of antidepressants

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Probiotics can (potentially) be very beneficial, but are also often seen as something that "couldn't hurt, so why not try it?".

Just wanted to share this article to let people know they are not always harmless, and in some very specific cases, could lead to death. [0]

[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18279948/

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