Wednesday, 21 July 2021

How choice of food will make you super human

 

Most of the people are aware that a host of bacteria, archaea and fungi  live in the digestive tracts of humans and other animals including insects.  Those are called microbiome. Or simply called Gut microbiota, Because they exist in our digestive system. Those reaches our digestive system through the food we consume .

Most gut microorganisms help us in digesting our food properly  by fermenting dietary fibre into fatty acids which are then absorbed by the humans. Intestinal bacteria also play a role in creating vitamins as well as absorbing various nutrients needed for our body

 Studies have shown that microbiome may play a role in mental health and neurological conditions such as autism, epilepsy, and depression by interacting with our nervous system and even releasing molecules that make their way to the brain. Recent years of research are revealing how variations and changes in the composition of the gut microbiota influence normal physiology and contribute to diseases ranging from inflammation to obesity. Data now indicate that the gut microbiota also communicates with brain possibly through our neuro systems thereby influences Human function and behaviour. Meaning intestinal microbiota are linked to mood, behaviour, and cognition.

BUGS AS DRUGS?

Of course, any discussion of how diet might influence the microbiome and thus alter mental health naturally leads to the idea of therapeutics. Of course, any discussion of how diet might influence the microbiome and thus alter mental health naturally leads to the idea of therapeutics.

In fact, many argue that psychobiotics have been around for a long time and that physicians have already been using them without even realizing it. Since the early 1900s, neurologists have known that putting children with epilepsy on a specific diet can reduce their seizures. This so-called ketogenic diet is low in carbohydrates and high in protein and fat. But scientists have never really understood how it works. It’s incredibly appealing to think that adjustments to diet or your gut microbiome could help treat neurological disease.

In a short bold statement , it’s the microbiome in the gut that makes the identity of the living being because The particular gastrointestinal microbes are completely unique to individual living animals .

 SUPER HUMANS?

More studies into this field could develop artificial or genetically modified microorganisms which could synthesise food and generate  enzymes which could suggest brain to act smartly and efficiently

 

 

 

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