Gut-Brain Connection

Is Your Gut Ruling Your Brain on Food Choices?

Medscape Medical News > Neurology Pam Harrison September 03, 2014 People ,may no longer have to blame their food cravings — and giving in to them — on poor self-control. Now scientists are arguing that microbes living in the gut are responsible for manipulating eating behavior by causing cravings for food they favor for fitness […]

Changing gut bacteria through diet affects brain function, UCLA study shows

UCLA Newsroom > All Stories > News Releases By Rachel Champeau May 28, 2013 UCLA researchers now have the first evidence that bacteria ingested in food can affect brain function in humans. In an early proof-of-concept study of healthy women, they found that women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics through yogurt showed […]