ISLAMABAD, July 13 (online): A new review has found that probiotics, or a combination of prebiotics and probiotics, may help reduce the symptoms of depression.
A new review of the current research on the effects of prebiotics and probiotics on depression and anxiety symptoms has found that probiotics either alone or in combination with prebiotics may help reduce a person’s depression symptoms.
However, the review found that prebiotics and probiotics did not have a statistically significant effect on anxiety. Also, prebiotics on their own did not significantly reduce anxiety or depression symptoms.
While noting that current research on the topics remains limited.
Depression is a mood disorder that lasts for at least 2 weeks and can have a range of symptoms. These can include feeling sad, angry, irritable, worthless, guilty, or helpless. Some people may be uninterested in hobbies and activities, feel tired, find it hard to concentrate, have trouble sleeping, or even feel suicidal.
About 7% of all adults in the United States have had at least one major depressive episode in the past year.
Treatment for depression usually involves medications, talking therapies, or a combination of both.
A variety of factors, whether biological, genetic, environmental, or psychological, can cause depression. Often, a combination of these is likely to be at play.
One factor that may contribute to depression and mental health issues, more generally, is the gut-brain axis.
The gut-brain axis describes the relationship between a person’s gut microbiome the ecosystem of microorganisms that live in a person’s gut and their central nervous system (CNS), which includes the brain and spinal cord.
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