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 14 December 2022 Gut microbes shape athletic motivation Microorganisms in the gut produce molecules that activate sensory neurons, stimulating exercise-associated reward circuits