Huge GUT News

 ***  NOT about a Huge Gut...

But huge news about the MicroBiome, 

that collection of trillions of microbes 

we all have in our guts (large or small).

1. Increase your motivation!

2. Exercise more (because you want to)!

Just up your portion of Eubacterium rectale and Coprococcus eutactus, two of the microbes research identifies as the wee critters that make major contributions to these two get-up-and-go drives.

The powers of the human microbiome have been a focus of this blog for years now.  Seems like every week there are new findings. News about this one comes from Penn Medicine News   

Gut Microbes Can Boost the Motivation to Exercise, Penn Medicine Study Finds

Study in mice uncovers gut-to-brain pathway 

that increases exercise performance

=?


...and the research report is in Nature.

  • NEWS AND VIEWS

Gut microbes shape athletic 

motivation

Microorganisms in the gut produce molecules that activate sensory neurons, stimulating exercise-associated reward circuits in the brain. This newly discovered pathway in mice affects motivation for prolonged exercise.
DO "PRO-BIOTIC" PRODUCTS HELP YOU GET THESE MOTIVATORS?
Read the lables, and see if they have Eubacterium rectale and Coprococcus eutactus.  YUM! Your favorites, right?  Truth is most don't have them or don't have them in meaningful quantities.
I'll do some more digging about how we human beans can be sure we have some of these motivating guys in our guts.  So far Bananas are looking good, but that's just a start.
Watch this space.
(Some of) Olde Scooter's earlier microbiome posts:

https://seniorjunior.blogspot.com/2019/02/its-ancient-its-big-its-pretty-much.html


https://seniorjunior.blogspot.com/2017/09/gut.html


https://seniorjunior.blogspot.com/2018/08/take-me-home-microbiome.html



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