Psychobiotic: The Gut-Brain Revolution
Psychobiotic
A Surprising Way That Exercise Improves Your Mind
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A Surprising Way That Exercise Improves Your Mind

Research shows that exercise improves your microbiota, boosting your mood.

Is it time to get off the sofa? Exercise is one of the best things you can do for your health, but it also has a surprising impact on your mood. Hal and Ava talk about the intriguing connection between exercise, your gut microbes and your mood. This is the gut-brain axis and it is involved with your microbiota: the bacteria, fungi, and viruses that live in your gut. Learn how exercise can boost your good microbes.

Sanborn, Victoria, and John Gunstad. “The Potential Mediation of the Effects of Physical Activity on Cognitive Function by the Gut Microbiome.” Geriatrics 5, no. 4 (September 25, 2020): 63.

Bressa, Carlo, María Bailén-Andrino, Jennifer Pérez-Santiago, Rocío González-Soltero, Margarita Pérez, Maria Gregoria Montalvo-Lominchar, Jose Luis Maté-Muñoz, Raúl Domínguez, Diego Moreno, and Mar Larrosa. “Differences in Gut Microbiota Profile between Women with Active Lifestyle and Sedentary Women.” PLOS ONE 12, no. 2 (February 10, 2017): e0171352.

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