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 .
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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