The connection between what we eat and how we feel, both physically and mentally, is becoming increasingly clear thanks to scientific research. In this ecosystem, gut health and brain function emerge ...

A high-fat diet can cause the intestinal lining to weaken, allowing live gut bacteria to travel directly to the brain in mice ...

We become forgetful as we age. This is often seen as a universal truth, but in fact it is far from universal: some people remain incredibly sharp at 100 years old, while others experience memory loss ...

A new study from Emory University explains the gut-brain connection, indicating that live bacteria from the gut can directly ...

A communication pathway between the brain and the gut may be integral to how well the brain holds on to memories ...

One topic I’m especially passionate about, and that we touched on briefly last week when discussing neurodivergence, is digestion and how it influences mood and our sense of regulation.

Researchers discovered that gut bacteria could travel to the brain via the vagus nerve in mice, offering clues to the gut-brain axis’ involvement in some neurological disorders. Weiss, Grakoui, and ...

A high-fat diet may do more than pack on pounds — it could disrupt aspects of gut–brain communication, potentially contributing to issues such as overeating and mood or cognitive changes, according to ...

Schematic representation of sleep-microbiome interactions through the microbiota-gut-brain axis. Signals originating from the gut microbiome influence the sleep-wake cycle by modulating the flip-flop ...

The absorption of fat across the gut wall had been thought to depend on passive diffusion. However, a brain–gut circuit has been found that controls the size of surface area for absorption. A compound ...