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The trial, scientists from Finland have noted, suggests that the approach might one day help to prevent diseases during childhood and later in life in kids born through C-section, while also aiding the mounting evidence establishing a connection between gut health and immunity...
As our understanding of the relationship between gut health and immunity has, quite dramatically, changed in recent years, experts say it has become theoretically feasible to understand its critical function in digestion and metabolism, even mood regulation, upon realisation of the trillions of microorganisms which constitute the gut microbiome...
And while different compositions of diet can lead to changes of microbiota profiles, an unbalanced diet consumed over a period of time accompanied by an unhealthy lifestyle can leave traces of evidence on the microbiota as well.. Generally, people with obesity and those overweight, for instance, tend to show a lower diversity of gut microbiome...
Immune cells that have normative interactions with gut bugs in a healthy individual also start functioning poorly as and when such interactions break down, affecting how they respond to infections, either resulting in undesired inaction or inadvertent hyperactivity, Ganguly underlined...
A number of chronic diseases that have been linked to dysbiosis include obesity, diabetes, inflammatory bowel diseases and even cancers, and as gut bacteria may actually create neurotransmitters that govern mood and other cognitive functions, the gut-brain axis even emphasises the link between gut health and mental well-being, he stressed...
