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Bacteria In Our Gut May Influence Both Our Physical And Mental Health

Pri.org 9/9/2014

“… Researchers are finding more and more evidence that the trillions of bacteria contained in our gut are sending signals to the brain and influencing behavior and cognitive functioning. People in the fields of appetite and food intake have long known that the brain and the gut talk to one another, says researcher John Cryan, but a paper published 10 years ago in Japan made scientists take a new look at gut-brain communication. …”

Read the entire article: http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-09-08/bacteria-our-gut-may-influence-both-our-physical-and-mental-health