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·April 11, 2025·5 min read

Probiotics May Reduce Negative Feelings

A new study shows that daily probiotics can significantly reduce negative emotions such as anxiety, stress, and fatigue in healthy adults. Using a mix of mood tracking, emotion-processing tasks, and psychological questionnaires, researchers found that probiotics began improving mood after about two weeks.

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·August 21, 2024·5 min read

Probiotic During Pregnancy May Boost Fetal Brain Development

A study in mice shows that the probiotic Bifidobacterium breve, when taken by mothers during pregnancy, enhances fetal brain development by improving nutrient transport and growth processes. The findings suggest that altering the maternal gut microbiome with probiotics could be a non-pharmaceutical strategy to support healthy fetal growth, particularly in cases of fetal growth restriction. Further research is needed to confirm these effects in humans and explore how probiotics interact with other gut bacteria during pregnancy.

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·April 10, 2024·2 min read

Probiotics Plus Vitamin D Improve Schizophrenia Symptoms

A new study suggests probiotics with vitamin D might improve cognitive function in people with schizophrenia. The study involved 70 adults who took either a placebo or the supplements daily for 12 weeks.

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·July 24, 2023·3 min read

Probiotics vs Cognitive Decline: Gut Health Key to Aging Brain Fitness

Probiotics might play a vital role in preventing cognitive decline associated with aging. By providing participants suffering from mild cognitive impairment with the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG for three months, researchers observed enhanced cognitive performance and gut microbiome modifications.

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·June 19, 2023·3 min read

Probiotics May Be Unexpected Heroes in Detoxifying Mercury in Gut

Gut microbes could be leveraged to block absorption of toxic metals, such as mercury, while promoting absorption of beneficial ones, like iron. The scientists focused on genes that enable bacteria to convert dangerous mercury into less toxic forms.

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·June 14, 2023·6 min read

Probiotics Enhance Antidepressant Efficacy for Major Depressive Disorder

A probiotic blend comprising 14 strains of bacteria can enhance the treatment of major depressive disorder when used alongside antidepressants. This pilot study highlights the potential of probiotics in promoting improvements in mood over an eight-week period. It is a pioneering exploration into how gut health, improved via probiotics, could pave the way for a novel approach to bolster mood and mental health.

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·April 15, 2023·4 min read

Probiotic Supplementation Reduces Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Caused by Chronic Sleep Loss

Probiotics have recently attracted increasing interest for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Researchers tested the ability of probiotics to contrast oxidative stress and inflammation induced by sleep loss. Findings concluded that probiotic supplementation could be a positive strategy to counteract oxidative stress and inflammation promoted by sleep loss.

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·April 11, 2023·3 min read

A Protective Probiotic Blunts the Ill Effects of Alcohol

Mice treated with a probiotic recovered from alcohol exposure and suffered fewer health effects than those not treated with the probiotic.

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·March 3, 2023·4 min read

Neuroimaging Supports Probiotic Add-on Intervention That Improves Patients’ Depressive Symptoms

Probiotic supplementation is suggested to prevent neuronal degeneration along the uncinate fasciculus and alter fronto-limbic rsFC, effects that are partly related to the improvement of depressive symptoms.

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·December 20, 2022·4 min read

A Protective Probiotic for ALS Found

Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus HA-114, a non-commercial probiotic reduces neurodegeneration and has neuroprotective effects in lab models of ALS.

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·June 9, 2022·5 min read

Good Bacteria to Tackle Depression

Probiotics can support the effects of antidepressants to help relieve symptoms of depression.

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·April 1, 2022·2 min read

Harnessing Probiotics to Deliver Parkinson’s Disease Treatment

A newly developed probiotic bacteria that can synthesize the dopamine precursor L-DOPA is safe, well-tolerated, and eliminates the side effects associated with L-DOPA use for Parkinson's disease.

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probiotics

Probiotics May Reduce Negative Feelings

Probiotic During Pregnancy May Boost Fetal Brain Development

Probiotics Plus Vitamin D Improve Schizophrenia Symptoms

Probiotics vs Cognitive Decline: Gut Health Key to Aging Brain Fitness

Probiotics May Be Unexpected Heroes in Detoxifying Mercury in Gut

Probiotics Enhance Antidepressant Efficacy for Major Depressive Disorder

Probiotic Supplementation Reduces Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Caused by Chronic Sleep Loss

A Protective Probiotic Blunts the Ill Effects of Alcohol

Neuroimaging Supports Probiotic Add-on Intervention That Improves Patients’ Depressive Symptoms

A Protective Probiotic for ALS Found

Good Bacteria to Tackle Depression

Harnessing Probiotics to Deliver Parkinson’s Disease Treatment

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