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There’s a number of members, myself included, who believe that the gut microbiota play a part in ME, either in the illness itself, or in the various ways that it expresses in each of us, and the forms it takes.
Here’s a nifty little research study using probiotics that I think will be interesting even to those of us who don’t share that view …
Before we get too excited, with 32 participants crossing the finish line (14 probiotic, 18 placebo), this is a small study. But then, from tiny acorns do giant oak trees grow ….
Neuroimaging Supports Probiotic Add-on Intervention That Improves Patients’ Depressive Symptoms …. 03-03-23
https://neurosciencenews.com/probiotics-depression-22707/
Here’s a nifty little research study using probiotics that I think will be interesting even to those of us who don’t share that view …
Before we get too excited, with 32 participants crossing the finish line (14 probiotic, 18 placebo), this is a small study. But then, from tiny acorns do giant oak trees grow ….
Neuroimaging Supports Probiotic Add-on Intervention That Improves Patients’ Depressive Symptoms …. 03-03-23
https://neurosciencenews.com/probiotics-depression-22707/
- The findings showed that when patients took their study treatment as prescribed, those in the probiotic group had fewer depressive symptoms than those in the placebo group.
- Analysis of stool samples from the participants showed that probiotic-treated patients also had more Lactobacillus species in their gut microbiome than the placebo-treated patients, which was, in turn, associated with fewer depressive symptoms.
- The researchers found that patients who received a placebo had the typical brain alterations associated with depression. In contrast, the people who took the probiotic had signs of preserved structural integrity and fewer signs of neurodegeneration.
