Stress and the Microbiome – Lifestyle Medicine
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  • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Im not a neuroscientist nor endocrinologist but i dont think it’s as simple as, your gut producing serotonin which travels to your brain and makes you happy.

    I just googled this and found a pretty direct rebuttal:

    The gut-brain axis is a bidirectional communication network that links the enteric and central nervous systems. This network is not only anatomical, but it extends to include endocrine, humoral, metabolic, and immune routes of communication as well. The autonomic nervous system, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, and nerves within the gastrointestinal tract, all link the gut and the brain, allowing the brain to influence intestinal activities, including activity of functional immune effector cells; and the gut to influence mood, cognition, and mental health.

    pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6469458/

    As i said, I dont really know anything about this. However, there seems to be a large body of research supporting this hypothesis.

      • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Actually I use a self hosted instance of searxng which pulls results from a bunch of different engines.

        You should… avoid starting sentences with “you should” because it’s irritating. Universally.

          • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
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            2 months ago

            As im sure you’re aware the g word is commonly used as a verb meaning “search”.

            I couldn’t care less how you feel about its use in this way.

            • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              2 months ago

              I’m just a third party observer, dude, I’ve got no skin in this game. I’m just pointing out that it’s perfectly reasonable for someone to think you used google because you literally just said that you did.