The hunt for a healthy microbiome
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Scientific understanding of the gut microbiome's role in mental health is still in its infancy.
“scientific understanding in this area is still in its infancy”
From A meta-review of "lifestyle psychiatry": the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders (2020) · cites this paper as [120]
In “Seeing the forest” (page not specified), the paper says researchers still struggle to identify which gut-microbiome components matter for well-being and lack enough data to establish robust links with health or disease. That supports the broad point that understanding is limited, but our copy does not address the microbiome’s role in mental health specifically. (LLM, conf=0.82)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe nature of a 'healthy microbiome' has yet to be established.
“even the nature of a 'healthy microbiome' has yet to be established 120 .”
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- Authors
- Eisenstein, M.
- Corresponding author
- Eisenstein, Michael
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2020-01-29
- Volume
- 577
- Issue
- 7792
- Pages
- S6-S8
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W3003867040
- Cited by
- 84
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 7
- FWCI
- 4.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Health Sciences › Dentistry › Periodontics › Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Keywords
- gut microbiota, microbial community composition, human health, microbial ecology
- MeSH terms
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Host Microbial Interactions, Animals, Diet, Health, Housing, Humans, Research, Biodiversity
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