Interesting study

Eat more yogurt! Low levels of healthy gut bacteria could be the cause of mental health issues such as 'anxiety and schizophrenia'

• The average adult carries up to five pounds of bacteria
• Healthy bacteria are known as probiotics, commonly found in yogurt, soy yogurt or as dietary supplements 
• Probiotics are also delivered in fecal transplants, in which stool from a healthy donor is delivered like a suppository to an infected patient
• Strep bacterium is linked to OCD 
• Gut bacteria regulate dopamine levels
•  A build-up of dopamine causes agitation and stress on the body
• Gut bacteria ‘talk to the brain' through the immune system or parts of the nervous system

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