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Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 17
Do Gut Bugs Love Genetic Testing?

Many moving pieces play a role in determining the health of our gut bugs, and those microbes in turn play a significant role in the health of both our bodies and our minds.

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 16
Gut Bugs Inflame Your Brain – a Genetic Test Guides Prevention

The significance of chronic inflammation to our health, and how both our microbiomes and our genes play a role.

Self-Saboteur

Part Four: Avoid Your Family Over the Holiday Season. Here’s How.
Can you avoid seeing your family for the holidays? Maybe not. But if they cause emotional pain, don’t be afraid to take steps to minimize the interaction with them.

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 13
Autistic Gut Bugs?

The Great Mystery of Autism Spectrum Disorder—and How One’s Microbiome May Play a Role

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 12
“Don’t Shoot the Messenger!” How Microbiome Crosstalk Influences Your Emotional Health

How Your Microbiome’s Messenger Microbes Play a Role in Epigenetics

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 10
“Powerful Superhero—Mr. Probiotic—Kills Evil Depression Bugs!”

By bolstering your microbiome, probiotic supplements may just play a critical role in fighting off the hydra of depression once and for all.

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 9
Zombie Gut Bugs – Can You Eat Your Way out of a “Microbiome Depression”?

Exciting new research suggests sometime in the not-too-distant-future, depression and other mental illnesses could be targeted and treated not in the brain… but in the gut

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 8
The Care and Feeding of Your Microbial “Pet” with Mental Health Prebiotics

Just like a pet, our microbiomes can bring us great pleasure and joy, or wreak havoc on our emotions.

Your Mighty Moody Microbiome – Part 6
Leaky Gut ↔ Leaky Brain ↔ Leaky Emotions

A leaky gut is the point-of-origin in a chain reaction that can set off a series of serious health concerns—including a “leaky brain” that leads to “leaky emotions”

Psychobiotics and Your Microbiome – It’s a Gut Feeling