On the other hand poor mental health tends to result from our unhealthier eating patterns. Eating highly refined carbohydrates with a high glycaemic index can raise the risk of obesity and diabetes. Diets with a high glycaemic index containing large amounts of refined carbohydrates and sugar may undermine your psychological wellbeing. Altered interactions between the brain and gut microbiome affecting mental health have been studied in animals and are illuminating. But when viewed together, they suggest the gut microbiome could modulate emotions in the human brain.

Source: Daily Mirror October 08, 2020 17:16 UTC