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Zero proof probiotics can ease your anxiety
Date:
June 20, 2018
Source:
University of Kansas
If you're expecting probiotics to reduce your anxiety, it might be time to put down that yogurt spoon -- or supplement bottle -- and call a professional instead.
A new study from the University of Kansas appearing Wednesday in PLOS ONE reviewed available research conducted on animals and people, finding evidence that probiotics can reduce anxiety in rodents, but not in humans.
"I think people should wait -- that's the best takeaway here," said lead author Daniel J. Reis, a doctoral student of clinical psychology at KU. "We're in the early days of this research into probiotics. I've seen a lot of stories hyping probiotics as helpful for anxiety. We're not saying they do nothing, but we have a lot to figure out before we know if they can be used therapeutically. I wouldn't recommend using probiotics to treat anxiety at this stage."
Reis and his KU colleagues Stephen S. Ilardi and Stephanie E.W. Punt reviewed data from 22 preclinical studies involving 743 animals and 14 clinical studies of 1,527 individuals, finding "Probiotics did not significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety in humans and did not differentially affect clinical and healthy human samples."
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180620150157.htm
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)eat them copiously after taking antibiotics though. Restores your gut biology.
applegrove
(118,006 posts)like 8 servings of veggies a day and two of fruit. Eat protein and fats with them. Steel cut oats and bulgar only as cereal. Greek yogurt with no sugar. Add flavour it with guacamole or sun dried tomatoes or humus, balsamic vinegar, pure cocoa, nuts and seeds and herbs (fresh if possible) and spices.. Your gut will be what you feed it. Your mood will be affected too. No more sugar rollercoaster and you will have a healthy gut. That stable sugar line all day, with healthy snacks of protein and veggies and fats, will keep you from emotional eating. Some people eat because they are unhappy. I ate to celebrate being alive. I don't need that anymore. I eat well and feel good all the time.