You affect how the bugs in your tummy feel, which affects how you feel.
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There is a rather complicated feedback between human gut microbiota and things like anxiety and depression. We are still trying to understand this link, and it's implications. 🧪
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735820301318
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There is a rather complicated feedback between human gut microbiota and things like anxiety and depression. We are still trying to understand this link, and it's implications. 🧪
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735820301318
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What’s the evolutionary purpose here? - alerting us via our tummy to things being sub optimal ?
It might be just a side effect of assimilating our current microbiome (which gave other fitness advantages). But it may also function as an internal stress indicator.