"Gut bacteria may play a role in cognitive decline" :
"constipated participants (bowel movements every three days or more) had significantly worse cognition, equivalent to 3.0 years more of chronological cognitive aging.
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A novel connection between gut bacteria and Alzheimer's biomarkers
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They found individuals with poorer cognition had lower levels of Clostridium and Ruminococcus."
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230719/Gut-bacteria-may-play-a-role-in-cognitive-decline.aspx
@ovid Gut instinct? I wouldn't have made that connection myself but the gut isn't called the 2nd brain for nothing:
"The gut–brain axis is the two-way biochemical signaling that takes place between the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) and the central nervous system (CNS).[2] The term "gut–brain axis" is occasionally used to refer to the role of the gut microbiota in the interplay as well.
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it has been described as a "second brain" for several reasons"
I see a Sun headline; "Republicans poop one day in seven!
@Omega_Scribet Let's repeat alltogether.
Correlation is not causation.
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