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dkf

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8. The Neuroscience of the Gut

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 06:17 PM

Jan 2013

I'm not surprised...

"People may advise you to listen to your gut instincts: now research suggests that your gut may have more impact on your thoughts than you ever realized. Scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and the Genome Institute of Singapore led by Sven Pettersson recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that normal gut flora, the bacteria that inhabit our intestines, have a significant impact on brain development and subsequent adult behavior."

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-neuroscience-of-gut

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Drinking diet soda linked to depression [View all] FarCenter Jan 2013 OP

Drinking diet soda would depress me HappyMe Jan 2013 #1

Ditto,and then some. I hate all diet foods and drinks. virgogal Jan 2013 #2

Ditto! elleng Jan 2013 #3

Alcohol is the sure thing for causing depression ... eom Kolesar Jan 2013 #4

How about this, people who drink diet soda do so because they may be overweight, and perhaps being still_one Jan 2013 #5

Depression Linked With Accumulation Of Visceral Fat FarCenter Jan 2013 #7

Exactly. They established correlation, not causation. kysrsoze Jan 2013 #15

I have a tendency to drink diet soda during the Summer, I am never depressed during the Summer... Tikki Jan 2013 #6

The Neuroscience of the Gut dkf Jan 2013 #8

So, they asked a bunch of people enlightenment Jan 2013 #9

Hear! Hear!!! Moostache Jan 2013 #11

Were those who died meanwhile dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #10

kick samsingh Jan 2013 #12

Actually it has been proved that.... whistler162 Jan 2013 #13

They have no explanations but if they would read outside their comfort zone they 2on2u Jan 2013 #14

Correlation does not imply causality KamaAina Jan 2013 #16

People that drink/eat diet anything are likely depressed about their appearance in the 1st place davidn3600 Jan 2013 #17