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Unraveling the role of the microbiome in major depressive disorder

by eightysteele on 12/22/20, 11:29 PM with 31 comments

• by taurath on 12/23/20, 12:54 AM

  Any thought on imalanced microbiome being a second order effect rather than a cause? I’d guess continued stress responses from the nervous system could cause chronic gut problems

• by xll64 on 12/23/20, 12:48 AM

  It seems that microbiome research is always defended here. Perhaps it is scientific, but be aware that a multi billion dollar industry depends on "improving" the microbiome.

  Here's an ad in nature.com:

  https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-019-00336-9

• by flybrand on 12/23/20, 4:46 AM

  Depression is a symptom of celiac disease, which is a result of gluten in the diet, another symptom of which is poor gut Microbiome health.

  I bring up Celiac because 1/ I have it, and 2/ there is very little medical doubt / uncertainty / controversy about the disease.

• by ohiovr on 12/23/20, 1:24 AM

  The endocrine system can have an out sized impact on mental health.