Any thought on imalanced microbiome being a second order effect rather than a cause? I’d guess continued stress responses from the nervous system could cause chronic gut problems
It seems that microbiome research is always defended here. Perhaps it <i>is</i> scientific, but be aware that a multi billion dollar industry depends on "improving" the microbiome.<p>Here's an ad in nature.com:<p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-019-00336-9" rel="nofollow">https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-019-00336-9</a>
Depression is a symptom of celiac disease, which is a result of gluten in the diet, another symptom of which is poor gut Microbiome health.<p>I bring up Celiac because 1/ I have it, and 2/ there is very little medical doubt / uncertainty / controversy about the disease.