BMJ: Anxiety might be alleviated by regulating gut bacteria

[aspergerian]

Anxiety might be alleviated by regulating gut bacteria

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Summary: A new meta-analysis study reports regulating intestinal microbiota is more than 50% effective at helping to reduce anxiety. Non-probiotic interventions were more effective than probiotic interventions at helping to relieve symptoms.

Source: BMJ

People who experience anxiety symptoms might be helped by taking steps to regulate the microorganisms in their gut using probiotic and non-probiotic food and supplements, suggests a review of studies published today in the journal General Psychiatry.

Anxiety symptoms are common in people with mental diseases and a variety of physical disorders, especially in disorders that are related to stress...

[JeanieBeanie]

Which probiotics would be recommended.

[aspergerian]

The bmj article is open access:

gpsych.bmj.com/content/32/2...

[LAJ12345]

And this is the reason taking antibiotics like doxycycline may not be a great idea. My husband was on doxy for years for acne and roseacea and when we tested his gut bacteria he was completely missing bifidobacteria and had very few lactobacteria and had a large number of another bacteria called corynebacterium amycolatum which are quite antibiotic resistant, mainly found on the skin. These bacteria are often found in PD but not in large numbers in the general population and I think are opportunists that take over when the good guys have been wiped out. (My theory).