Gut Feeling
Gastropod
The Effects of Microbes on the Immune System
In a small study, students who ate the most fermented foods and other good stuff had the most noticeable reduction in stress. The populations and proportions of microbes living in the student guts didn't change dramatically but some of the fats and other chemicals in their poop changed - those have been linked to what microbes make. Phil started down this line of research by just trying to understand what eating front line military rations would do to your gut lining. And we know that intestinal permeability, gut leakiness, can be related to things like declines in cognitive performance. It's enough for phil and for the us Army to spend time, effort and taxpayer dollars to learn more.
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