Blog — Microbiome
James Page
The Gut-Brain Connection: How Your Microbiome Shapes Your Mood
The connection between healthy digestion and mental health has become a hot topic in wellness circles, with mounting evidence suggesting that maintaining a healthy gut microbiome can have a profound impact on mental wellbeing. This relationship is largely driven by the gut-brain axis, a bidirectional communication system that allows the gut and brain to influence each other in ways that affect our mood, cognition and mental health.1-11 The Gut-Brain Axis: Your Gut’s Influence on the Mind The gut-brain axis refers to the constant communication that occurs between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain. This two-way communication system allows the brain...