Ted's Podcast on Mental Health and Mental Illness
Mental health and mental illness: what are the causes, and what are the remedies?
The common mental health problems will be explored. Case histories will be provided.
How effective are antidepressants and psychological treatments such as cognitive behaviour therapy?
How can we maintain good mental health? Diet and exercise will be explored in detail.
Ted's Podcast on Mental Health and Mental Illness
Anorexia nervosa and gut microbes
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We feed our gut microbes, and they are significantly altered in anorexia nervosa.
Many biological changes occur in this condition, including changes in short-chain fatty acids, tryptophan and cytokines. These changes impact mood, anxiety and cognitive function.
While changes in gut microbes are not the cause of anorexia nervosa, they result in the emergence of many psychological symptoms.