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The microbiome gut brain axis can influence your mental health

What Is the Gut-Brain Axis? How Your Microbiome...

  You may have heard about probiotics helping with things like mood and sleep. But how can your gut have such an impact on your brain? It turns out, the two organs...

What Is the Gut-Brain Axis? How Your Microbiome...

  You may have heard about probiotics helping with things like mood and sleep. But how can your gut have such an impact on your brain? It turns out, the two organs...

Serene woman outdoors on a sunny day with a cup of tea. Probiotics for stress.

Probiotics for Stress

Over 20% of American adults experience some sort of mental health challenge. Even those who don’t have a diagnosed mental health disorder may be impacted by stress, which can alter their mood. For...

Probiotics for Stress

Over 20% of American adults experience some sort of mental health challenge. Even those who don’t have a diagnosed mental health disorder may be impacted by stress, which can alter their mood. For...

Certain vitamins and probiotics can reduce stress

Best Probiotics & Vitamins for Stress Relief

For many people, stress levels are higher than ever these days. The modern lifestyle often includes busy days, little time to relax, and access to an overwhelming amount of information,...

Best Probiotics & Vitamins for Stress Relief

For many people, stress levels are higher than ever these days. The modern lifestyle often includes busy days, little time to relax, and access to an overwhelming amount of information,...

a woman's hands, holding a glass of water and a probiotic capsule, illustrating probiotics for mental health support

Probiotics for Anxiety and Depression

Probiotics are beneficial microbes that promote digestive health. This effect, in turn, strengthens a strong connection that many experts believe exists between your gut and your brain, called the gut-brain...

Probiotics for Anxiety and Depression

Probiotics are beneficial microbes that promote digestive health. This effect, in turn, strengthens a strong connection that many experts believe exists between your gut and your brain, called the gut-brain...

Mature couple embracing at the shore of a lake. Do probiotics help with anxiety?

Do Probiotics Help with Anxiety?

We've all gone through it at some point: maybe it's a final exam or an interview for your dream job, or you're about to give a speech in front of...

Do Probiotics Help with Anxiety?

We've all gone through it at some point: maybe it's a final exam or an interview for your dream job, or you're about to give a speech in front of...

Walnuts on a blue background look like tiny brains

Gut-Brain Probiotics and ASD and PD

You probably already know that probiotics promote healthy gut function. However, most people don’t know that the gut and brain are very closely linked via the gut-brain axis.  In fact, L....

Gut-Brain Probiotics and ASD and PD

You probably already know that probiotics promote healthy gut function. However, most people don’t know that the gut and brain are very closely linked via the gut-brain axis.  In fact, L....

grandfather and grandson fishing to illustrate an article about probiotics and parkinson's disease

Three Roles for Probiotics for Parkinson’s Disease

In Western medicine, we make appointments with specialists who focus on a particular body system - neurology, gastroenterology, gynecology, etc. But the body is much more than just the sum...

Three Roles for Probiotics for Parkinson’s Disease

In Western medicine, we make appointments with specialists who focus on a particular body system - neurology, gastroenterology, gynecology, etc. But the body is much more than just the sum...

Man with white hair and beard painting - probiotics for parkinson's disease

Probiotics for Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) affects nearly 1 million people in the U.S. alone. It is most common in people over the age of 65, and as the average lifespan continues to increase and...

Probiotics for Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) affects nearly 1 million people in the U.S. alone. It is most common in people over the age of 65, and as the average lifespan continues to increase and...

Grandfather embracing his grandson

PS128 Probiotic & Parkinson’s - How Does it Work?

In 2019, the first clinical study of L. plantarum PS128 for Parkinson’s patients was published. For 12 weeks, participants took their Parkinson’s medication as usual and added two capsules of PS128 at night (a 60 billion CFU...

PS128 Probiotic & Parkinson’s - How Does it Work?

In 2019, the first clinical study of L. plantarum PS128 for Parkinson’s patients was published. For 12 weeks, participants took their Parkinson’s medication as usual and added two capsules of PS128 at night (a 60 billion CFU...

Early Stage Parkinsons Test shows it is accurate and sensitive

A New Way to Test for Parkinson’s Disease

Why it’s Difficult to Get a Clear Diagnosis Early Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the nervous system that affects movement, which currently has no cure. However, early diagnosis and...

A New Way to Test for Parkinson’s Disease

Why it’s Difficult to Get a Clear Diagnosis Early Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the nervous system that affects movement, which currently has no cure. However, early diagnosis and...

Are you at risk for Parkinson's Disease?

Risk Factors for Parkinson’s Disease: What to Know

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common movement disorder affecting nearly one million people in the United States and 10 million worldwide. The death of neurons or nerve cells producing dopamine is the main...

Risk Factors for Parkinson’s Disease: What to Know

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common movement disorder affecting nearly one million people in the United States and 10 million worldwide. The death of neurons or nerve cells producing dopamine is the main...